DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 22, 2018
Smoke: Northern Texas... One large smoke plume was moving from Northern Texas towards west Oklahoma and near the southern border of Kansas. Southeast U.S.... Numerous thin density smoke plumes were visible with numerous seasonal fires across southern Alabama, southern Georgia, northern Florida, and South Carolina. Dust: Dust originating from the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico was seen moving straight east across into northern Texas. Ahead of this dust, a larger area of moderately dense blowing dust originated from multiple spots over southeastern New Mexico and western Texas and spread to the east and northeast reaching as far as western and central Oklahoma. Dust originating from the northern portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua moved eastward into south western Texas. Rodriguez 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