DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z April 14, 2013
Western US: Mainly thin density blowing dust was visible moving to the southeast and to the east from source regions in south central Washington and south central Oregon and also covering portions of southern Idaho, northern Nevada, and far northern Utah. In addition, moderately dense streaks of blowing dust emanated from sources in southeastern Idaho and moved to the east into western Wyoming. JS Earlier this morning... Gulf of Mexico: Smoke visible over the Gulf of Mexico this morning stretching northward to the northeastern Gulf. Another area of thin smoke can be seen through breaks in the clouds off the southeast coast of the U.S. This smoke is from numerous agricultural burns located in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Midwest: An area of unknown aerosols were seen from southern Iowa southeast across to Illinois, Missouri, and northeast Kansas. This aerosol may be partially composed of dust from Asia. -SO/DS 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/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