DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 28, 2018
SMOKE: Nebraska/Kansas/Oklahoma... Several short-duration agricultural fires were observed across the central-eastern Nebraska and Kansas, and northern Oklahoma. Predominantly light-density smoke plumes were being transported towards the east following the low-level atmospheric flow. Mexico/Central America... Areas of stagnant light-density smoke originating from numerous seasonal fires were observed along central Mexico (Guadalajara/Sierra Madre del Sur), northern Guatemala, off the coast of Belize and northern Honduras. Dust: Nevada... Blowing dust was observed off the Diamond Valley area in Nevada. The dust cloud was transported to the north traveling past Elko WS 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