DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z March 13, 2014
Central California Coast: An unknown aerosol is blowing off the coast of central California. The aerosol is moving west from San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties into the Pacific. Dust/Sand – South Plains (TX/LA) The dust/sand seen earlier today cannot be seen in evening GOES-13 imagery. J Kibler Earlier Today: Dust/Sand: South Plains (TX/LA): Last nights' surface dust/sand from CO/KS has become a bit more elevated though still likely near the boundary layer or below behind the cold front that crosses central MS into the Gulf of Mexico and back across Tamaulipas/Neuvo Leon into the Sierra Madre. As such, thin dust/sand can be seen from a secondary boundary (confluence line) that extends from the the Mississippi River near the AR/LA boarder across N LA into North TX just south of I-20 near Midland/Odessa then to near Roswell, NM southward to the aforementioned cold front. The sand is a bit more dense along that northern “boundary” as well as across the Western TX panhandle through the Big Bend region into N Coahulia and along the Rio Grande. The entire region appears to be moving S or SSE except for some areas on the western edge which appear to be near stationary with limited flow to pour over the higher terrain. Gallina 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