DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z September 23, 2005
Area extending from Texas/Oklahoma to off the Middle Atlantic coast: A large area with a hazy appearance on satellite imagery this morning covers much of central and eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and southeastern Kansas, extending eastward across Arkansas and southern Missouri, then all the way to off the Middle Atlantic coast. The western portion of this area can be seen best with GOES-West imagery early this morning due to the low sun angle. GOES-East does show the eastern portion to some extent. This large hazy area likely consists of a combination of haze/pollution and possibly leftover smoke from a large number of mostly agricultural burns detected over this region yesterday. Subsidence to the north and west of Hurricane Rita along with convergence to the south of a frontal boundary is aiding in creating a more concentrated area of haze/pollution/smoke. JS