Saturday, April 23, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z April 24, 2016


SMOKE
Central Plains to Mid Mississippi Valley
The area of light remnant smoke that was detected this morning is no
longer discernible in satellite imagery this evening. The smoke has
become too diffuse and also mixed with clouds across the upper Midwest
to be detected. Numerous fires (although fewer than yesterday) over
the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas were producing a new round of light
smoke. The prevailing low level winds are taking the smoke north into
southeast Nebraska.

BLOWING DUST
Strong winds associated with a deep storm system near the Great Salt
Lake have generated areas of blowing dust over the eastern portion of
the Mohave desert. This area of dust was moving to the east southeast
crossing into southwest Arizona by sunset. Another plume of blowing dust
was seen originating near Lovelock in west central Nevada and moving to
the southeast.

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THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS
OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME
DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE
FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF
THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO
THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG:   http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.