Saturday, April 13, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z April 14, 2013

Western US:
Mainly thin density blowing dust was visible moving to the southeast and
to the east from source regions in south central Washington and south
central Oregon and also covering portions of southern Idaho, northern
Nevada, and far northern Utah. In addition, moderately dense streaks of
blowing dust emanated from sources in southeastern Idaho and moved to
the east into western Wyoming.

JS

Earlier this morning...

Gulf of Mexico:
Smoke visible over the Gulf of Mexico this morning stretching northward
to the northeastern Gulf. Another area of thin smoke can be seen through
breaks in the clouds off the southeast coast of the U.S. This smoke
is from numerous agricultural burns located in Mexico and other Latin
American countries.

Midwest:
An area of unknown aerosols were seen from southern Iowa southeast across
to Illinois, Missouri, and northeast Kansas. This aerosol may be partially
composed of dust from Asia.

-SO/DS


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.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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.