DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z September 14, 2016
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest/California: Multiple light to moderate density smoke plumes were seen throughout the Pacific Northwest moving south while a light to moderate density smoke plume was seen moving to the southwest on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains in east-central California. An area of light density remnant smoke originating from fires in California was seen off the central California coast and in Central Valley California banked along the Sierra Nevada mountains. Lower Mississippi River Valley: Numerous agricultural/prescribed burns were seen in the Lower Mississippi River Valley creating light density plumes of smoke seen in-between cloud cover moving west. DUST: Caribbean: Saharan dust is visible in between cloud cover moving west across the Caribbean Sea. California: An area of blowing sand/dust southwest of the Salton Sea was seen fanning out to the east. Two additional areas of blowing dust/sand were seen in northeast and southeast San Bernardino county moving to the northeast. Another area of blowing sand/dust was seen in Inyo county traveling south. -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