DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY THROUGH 0300Z May 19, 2018
SMOKE: Southern New Mexico/Western Texas... A couple of fires located throughout New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua were seen emitting thin to moderately dense smoke this afternoon. This smoke was moving towards the northeast into southern New Mexico and each of the Texas panhandles. Saskatchewan/Southwestern Alberta... Throughout Saskatchewan and southwestern Alberta, a handful of fires were seen giving off light density smoke. The smoke from these fires was moving southeastward in northern and central Saskatchewan, while the smoke was moving southwestward in southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Alberta. BLOWING DUST: Southern New Mexico... In addition to the smoke in southern New Mexico, blowing dust was observed emanating from White Sands National Monument in south-central New Mexico. The dust was seen moving off to the east-northeast. 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