DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z February 25, 2013
Smoke A large area of light-to-moderately dense remnant smoke could be seen lifting northward through the Gulf of Mexico. This smoke has likely originated from the numerous fires that have been burning across portions of Mexico the past couple of days, specifically southern Mexico. Remnant smoke could be seen almost reaching the US coastline but cloud cover hindered further detection. Blowing Dust Northern Mexico: Multiple plumes of light-to-moderately dense blowing dust, originating from Chihuahua, could be seen spreading east and northeastward wrapping around the surface low. The blowing dust extended across southeast New Mexico/west Texas towards the Texas panhandle. California/Mexico border: There was an area of blowing dust which originated from northwest Sonora/northeast Baja/southern California spreading southward. This dust extended about 350 miles into the Gulf of California. A secondary, smaller, area of blowing dust could also be seen originating from the western coast of Sonora, near the city of Guaymas, that also extended southward. -Vogt 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