DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z June 02, 2014
SMOKE: Southern Plains: Two areas of light-density smoke is visible moving through Texas this evening. First area- moving north from the Gulf of Mexico through central Texas and Oklahoma. Second area- caught in a moving clouds in western Texas stretching into the borders of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. These areas of remnant smoke originate from the agricultural fires that have been taking place in Texas the last 24 hours and the Black River Tank fire that has been continuously burning in Arizona. BLOWING DUST: Pacific Coast: An incredible area of blowing dust is visible extending the US Pacific coast from Washington to California. A general haze is seen in the western regions of these states moving east due to the large amount of blowing dust traveling over the ocean from Asia. 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