DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z April 14, 2014
Gulf of Mexico: A large area of light to moderate density smoke is visible in the western Gulf of Mexico moving to the north toward the Texas and Louisiana coast. However, cloudiness over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico prevented a determination if any of this smoke actually reached the U.S. The origin of the smoke is the numerous seasonal burns that are taking place all over Mexico and Central America. California: An area of unknown aerosol was visible late in the day banked against the eastern slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Nevada range in south central California. Blowing Dust: Oklahoma/Texas: Swaths of thin density blowing dust were visible through much of the day across far southern Oklahoma and a good portion of the northern half of Texas. Some of this dust originated from sources over western Texas. Another streak of thin to moderately dense blowing dust emanating from a source centered around 31.5N107.5W and moved to the east reaching far western Texas near El Paso by late in the day. New Mexico: Thin to moderately dense blowing dust originated from White Sands in south central New Mexico and moved to the northeast. Arizona: Areas of mainly thin density blowing dust were seen over southeast AZ(moving E), northwest AZ(moving SSE), and northeast AZ(moving SE). California: Thin density blowing dust was seen moving to the SE from several sources over east Central CA and southeastern CA. Nevada: Several streaks of thin density blowing dust originated from source regions in the southern half of Nevada. JS Earlier this Morning... Northeast: An area of unknown aerosols are visible off the coast of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts moving eastward offshore into the Atlantic Ocean. The aerosols are first visible at approximately 1400Z. It is also possible that the aerosols are mixed with remnant smoke from the recent agricultural burning in the Southeast. Oegerle 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