DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z December 17, 2016
DUST: Northwest Mexico... An area of remnant dust was seen moving south across the northern Gulf of California and adjoining land areas of Mexico. This dust was generated from strong winds further north in the deserts of southern California and northwest Sonora last evening. Northern Mexico/West Texas/East New Mexico... Areas of blowing dust were seen this morning being generated over the loose soils of northern Chihuahua and in the vicinity of El Paso. This newly generated dust area was quickly moving to the east northeast into far west Texas and southeast New Mexico. There was also an area of remnant dust from last evening and overnight that became lofted and was detected over east central New Mexico and stretching into the Texas Panhandle. The full extent of this remnant dust was not easily discernible due to extensive clouds over the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles and areas further north. 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