DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z January 20, 2014
South Central and Southeastern US: Numerous additional fires along with a few smoke plumes were detected over the South Central and Southeastern US during the day. Blowing Dust: A relatively small swath of thin density blowing dust was visible emanating from source regions in northwestern Texas just after 20Z. The blowing dust moved to the east-northeast and across the border into western Oklahoma prior to sunset. JS Earlier This Morning... Southeast US: An area of thin smoke could be seen just off the Southeast US coast and along the eastern Florida coast. This smoke is likely from numerous fires that were burning yesterday over the Southeast US/Gulf Coast. Gulf of Mexico: An area of haziness/thin aerosol could still be seen this morning over the northern Gulf. A cold front was pushing south over the Gulf which was depressing the aerosol towards Mexico. It is believed that the aerosol is remnant dust that was picked up by the weather system that moved through the Central US Thursday and Friday. Sheffler 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