DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 19, 2017
SMOKE: Florida... Fires located in Highlands and Glades county are producing light to moderately dense smoke that was observed to extend Westward and out and over the Gulf of Mexico. The plumes remained attached during nightfall. Arizona... The wildfire near Globe, AZ in Southern Gila county continues to produce light to moderately dense smoke. The smoke plume remains concentrated and attached while extending East and across New Mexico's Western border. Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Arkansas/Louisiana... A large area of remnant smoke covers the entire Western Gulf of Mexico and much of Southeastern Texas. As the smoke mostly creeps Westward and further into Northwestern Texas it also extends towards the North and into parts of Southwestern Arkansas and Western Louisiana. DUST: Southwest US/northern Mexico... An area of light blowing dust was seen originating in Chihuahua in northern Mexico and moving to the east into the El Paso area. A plume of light dust was seen extending east from the Willcox Playa in southeast AZ into southwest NM. A broad area of light to moderately dense smoke was generated along the southern CA/NV border from strong winds associated with a strong storm system. The blowing dust swept southward across the deserts of southeast California by sunset. 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