DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300 Z July 11, 2016
SMOKE: Canada: Several wildfires in Central Quebec are producing light to moderate density smoke that is traveling predominantly towards the east-southeast. Colorado and Wyoming: Several wildfires in Central Colorado are producing heavy density smoke that is traveling towards the northeast. The fire in the northern portion of Colorado near the Wyoming border (Beaver Creek fire) is producing heavy density smoke that is stretching into southeast Wyoming. A wildfire that exploded this afternoon about 115 km southwest of Colorado Springs was producing very thick smoke that was moving mostly to the east and reaching the Kansas border by sunset. DUST: Western Gulf of Mexico into the southern Plains: A broad area of Saharan dust continues to be seen this evening across the western half of the Gulf of Mexico, including the entire Bay of Campeche. The dust then extends northward across much of central Texas and into central Kansas. Nevada/Utah: A broad area of light to moderate blowing dust was seen from the Carson Sink in western Nevada and was moving to the east, reaching the Utah border by sunset. A smaller area of light blowing dust was moving south from the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwest Utah. Four Corners: An area of light blowing dust was seen aligned from southwest to northeast in the vicinity of the Four Corners, from northeast Arizona into southwest Colorado. Southern California to southwest Arizona: Several small patches of light blowing dust were observed over the deserts of southern California and extending into far southwest Arizona. Boll/Ruminski 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