DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0032Z January 11, 2018
SMOKE: Southern Texas... A few fires in southern Texas were producing moderate density smoke throughout the afternoon. These fires are specifically in southeastern Hidalgo County, central Kenedy County, and southern Calhoun County. The smoke from these fires was moving to the north into south-central Texas. DUST: Northern Mexico/Western Texas/southeastern New Mexico... Copious amounts of blowing dust were observed this afternoon emanating from many dry lake beds throughout northern Mexico, with most sources in the state of Chihuahua. This dust was being blown east-northeast across Coahuila and western Texas, except for those in northern Chihuahua, where a frontal passage cause winds to shift to more northerly winds there. This smoke was concentrating across much of western Texas as far north as the northern Texas panhandle due to convergence from the frontal passage. Also of note is that smoke may also be present within the blowing dust. -Hosley 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