DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z April 25, 2016
SMOKE Virginia/Pennsylvania/New York/New Jersey The Rocky Mountain fire in the Shenandoah National Forest was producing a light to moderately dense smoke plume that was drifting to the east into central VA by sunset. The 16 mile fire in northeast PA was producing a light to moderately dense smoke plume that extended to the southeast into northern NJ and reaching the western portion of Long Island by sunset. Another wildfire in southern Ulster county NY had a light smoke plume that extended to the southeast into southwest CT. Gulf of Mexico The area of smoke in the Gulf is mainly confined to the southwest portion mostly south of 25N. This is associated with the seasonal agricultural burning in Mexico and Central America. DUST A couple of areas of blowing dust were observed this afternoon and evening. An area of light dust was detected in northern Chihuahua moving to the east into far west Texas near El Paso. Another area of dust was seen emanating from White Sands in south central New Mexico and moving east. An area of very light dust was seen in west Texas around Midland/Odessa and spreading to the east northeast. 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