DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0132Z April 2, 2014
Coastal South Carolina/Georgia: Smoke from several fires burning across portions of eastern/coastal South Carolina and Georgia was seen spreading westward across coastal and eastern portions of these states this evening. It appears as though sea-breeze changed the eastward transport of this smoke, pushing it back toward to the west. Southeast US: Strong winds across the southeastern US have generated several blowing dust/sand plumes that are fanning out across northern New Mexico and southern to eastern Colorado. The primary origins of this blowing dust/sand event can be traced back to locations in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. Additionally, there is smaller dust/sand plumes originating across southeastern Colorado, beginning around 2145Z. Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: Detached areas of light-density smoke were seen in satellite imagery this morning moving westward from the Yucatan peninsula to the east coast of Mexico. Numerous fires located across southern Mexico and Central America are likely contributing to this area of smoke. Warren 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