DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z September 10, 2016
SMOKE: California: Light to heavy density smoke was seen fanning to the south from the Gap fire in far northern California while a light to moderate density smoke plume was seen traveling north from the Soberanes fire in Monterey county near the coast. Light density remnant smoke from both of these fires continues to be observed over Central Valley banked along the Sierra Nevada mountains. Intermountain West: Multiple light to moderate density smoke plumes were seen traveling east from fires throughout southern Utah, northern Arizona, western Colorado and south-central Wyoming. A notable smoke plume was being emitted by the Lost Solar fire in Rio Blanco county Colorado. Lower Mississippi River Valley: Numerous agricultural and prescribed burns were seen throughout the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Several pockets of light density smoke were seen in eastern Arkansas, southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky although clouds obscured the full extent of these areas of smoke. DUST: Texas/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico An area of Saharan dust was seen over the western Gulf of Mexico extending north into portions of southern and south central Texas. -Cronin 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