DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z March 21, 2014
Unknown aerosols: Mid-Atlantic: A large swath of thin unknown aerosols stretches form NE OH across PA into MD, DE before exiting the east coast out to about 70W. The swath is about 150km wide and has a very distinct northern boundary across PA and the Delarware River outwash. Generally, this area is moving ESE. US West Coast into the Pacific: Transported Asian aerosols, likely a mix of smoke, dust and pollution can be seen behind the trof digging SE across OR and N CA attm. A moderately dense string of this aerosol is most distinct in a 25km wide band from Eureka, CA, to the CA/OR/NV corner/border area. Though thinner areas of these aerosol precede this line as far south as the San Francisco Bay and Lake Tahoe into SW ID. This also connects back to the larger area still well off shore along 43-45N out to about 150W. There is a large pocket of moderately dense aerosols ahead of the large polar cyclone moving east. 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