DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 25, 2017
UPDATE SMOKE: GEORGIA... Fires burning in the Okefenokee region are producing light to medium density smoke that is observed to be carried towards the East and North up the coastline. Portions of the plume are over South Carolina's Southern coast. DUST: New Mexico/West Texas and northern Mexico... Strong winds ahead of a developing storm system were generating areas of light to moderately dense blowing dust over northern Chihuahua and far southern New Mexico. These plumes were moving to the east. Light blowing dust was also noted emanating from the loose soils in West Texas roughly between Lubbock and Seminole. This area of dust was moving to the northeast. Southern California... Clouds have moved in over southern California to prohibit dust detection from satellite but surface reports indicate areas of blowing dust over the deserts of southern California in the area around Twenty Nine Palms and China Lake. -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