DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z May 09, 2014
BLOWING DUST Texas/Oklahoma: An area of light to moderate blowing dust was detected this afternoon and evening over much of West Texas from Midland/Odessa northward into the Panhandle. The dust was moving to the east and reached into western Oklahoma by sunset. An uncertain aerosol was also seen over portions of south Texas south and east of a line from roughly Mineral Wells to Del Rio. The aerosol was light and had moved in from the Gulf of Mexico. There is likely some component of smoke from the agricultural burning in Mexico and Central America. South Central Canada to the High Plains: A broad area of light aerosol was detected over much of southern and central Alberta and Saskatchewan extending into much of Montana and northern Wyoming. Aerosol models suggest that this is likely long range transport of blowing dust from Asia. UNKNOWN Alaska: An unknown aerosol was seen over the northern Gulf of Alaska extending from the Kenai peninsula into the northern Gulf of Alaska south and east of Kodiak Island. 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