DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 8, 2017
SMOKE: California to Four Corners... Light to moderately dense smoke from the Lion fire in the southern Sierras was seen extending from the fire to the southeast to the southern tip of Nevada and then curling to the northeast across northern Arizona over the Four Corners area and into southwest Colorado. Northern California... Light smoke from a fire in Siskiyou county near the Oregon border was moving to the southwest and off the coast into the Pacific. Arizona... A fire in far southern Coconino county and another in the southwest part of the county were producing light to moderately dense smoke plumes that extended to the east-northeast reaching into northwest New Mexico by sunset. DUST: Nevada/Utah/California... A broad swath of central and southern Nevada, southwest Utah and Mono and Inyo counties in California was affected by areas of light to moderately dense blowing dust this afternoon and evening. Strong and gusty winds were kicking up the dust from the numerous dry lake beds and the loose soils in this area and the dust was seen quickly sweeping south across the region. An area of light blowing dust was moving to the south southwest from the Carson Sink near Stillwater. A broad area of light blowing dust was seen over much of the central valley in California due to strong northerly winds. Oregon... An area of light blowing dust was seen coming from Summer Lake in southern Oregon and moving to the southwest. Mexico into Arizona... An area of light to moderately dense blowing dust was seen moving north from the desert in Sonora Mexico and into southern Arizona. 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