DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1502Z April 5, 2013
Smoke Central Plains: Light density smoke in the low levels or possibly surface can be seen as a large crescent across a large portion of NE Kansas (except far NE KS) from around Superior and Hebron, Nebraska to Concordia/Manhattan/Emporia/Burlington KS into Central MO near Nevada, El Dorado Springs toward the Harry Truman Reservoir. This smoke is from numerous agricultural burns from NE/KS last night that moved SE last night but has reversed direction to be a bit stationary toward drifting NNE attm. Unknown Aerosols: Further aloft a unknown aerosol, though suspected to be associated with Asian dust/pollution can be seen in the oblique sun angles of Goes-W at the limb indicative of thin to very thin density. This area is on the convergent edge of the Trof dropping SSE across the Great Lakes into the Lower Missouri River Valley. The density over N MO, NE KS and SE NE is very thin to thin but is moving SE but moving through in a way that makes the area look to be stationary. The most dense area area located moving S across central IN and OH at this moment with light density areas extending back to cover the Great Lakes into Western Ontario. Gallina 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