DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z April 7, 2014
SMOKE Western Gulf of Mexico/Mexico: A large area of light-density and medium-density smoke is visible in the Western Gulf of Mexico from the Texas border south to the base of the Yucatan. Cloud cover in the northern Gulf obscures the view over Texas, so it is possible that the smoke reaches that far north over the border. BLOWING DUST Arizona: An area of blowing dust/sand is visible in satellite imagery in Arizona moving SE near the Ft. Tipton Wilderness Area in northwest Arizona near Kingman. Another area of light blowing dust was observed over northeast Arizona along the New Mexico border and this dust was moving to the south. Gulf of California: An area of light blowing dust was seen in the late afternoon/evening moving south off the Sonoran desert at the top of the Gulf of California into the northern Gulf. Oegerle/Ruminski 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