DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z March 17, 2014
Dust and Sand: Texas: Dust and loose soils across the SW portion of the Cap Rock in southern Hockly and Lubbock counties as well as Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Gaines, Dawson, Andrews, Martin, Ector, Midland, northern Crane and Upton counties counties starting early this afternoon around 1945z, producing moderately dense sandstorm that as continued to move nearly due South (hint of eastward drift) along the Pecos River, covering much of the Stockton Plateau into N Coahuila. Baja California Sur: Added this area of dust/sand being kicked up along the middle sections of the Baja California peninsula as it is of particular interest being very dense sand storm. The sand originates from the Desierto de Vizcaino of far northern Baja California Sur moving SW starting around 1530Z and extending off the coast up to 100km. 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