DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z December 20, 2017
SMOKE: No significant areas of remnant smoke were visible in satellite imagery this morning. The only smoke visible this morning was emanating from the ongoing burn in Kaibab National Forest in north-central Arizona and from the fire activity just south of Lake Okeechobee. The smoke in both regions was seen moving off to the northeast. Cloud cover across much of the southeastern CONUS, aside from Florida, has obscured analysis of smoke across the southeastern CONUS. DUST: Northwestern Utah... Dust was seen streaming across the desert/salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah. Two distinct streams were observed: one from an area just north of Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge and another from the northern portions of the Deep Creek Range near the Nevada Border. The dust was moving off to the north and northwest into northwestern Utah. Colorado River Delta... More blowing dust was observed streaming north-northwestward from the westernmost portions of the Colorado River Delta in northeastern Baja California. Southwest Nevada... More blowing dust was observed being kicked up from the Fish Lake Valley east-southeast of Mono Lake. The dust was traveling southward towards Piper Peak. 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