DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z March 2, 2012
Mid Atlantic: An area of dust remains off the Virginia and North Carolina coast seen in evening GOES-13 satellite imagery. The dust is most likely trans Pacific dust possibly mixed in with dust from New Mexico/Texas/Northern Mexico seen earlier in the week. East Coast/Central and Southern Plains/Southwestern U.S.: A large area of remnant dust continues to stretch across the US from western New Mexico into central Texas, central/southern Oklahoma, moving south into northern Arkansas from Missouri, extending across Kentucky/Tennessee and into western Virginia/North Carolina. The heaviest area continues to be in Texas/Oklahoma and into Arkansas. The area is combination of dust from trans Pacific and the Southwest US. J Kibler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/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