Tuesday, April 30, 2013

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0241Z May 1, 2013

Gulf of Mexico:
Light remnant smoke from fires burning in Mexico and Central America
extended northward over the west central Gulf of Mexico from the Bay of
Campeche to southeastern Texas.

Arkansas/Texas/Oklahoma:
An area of aerosol, possibly light remnant smoke from agricultural fires
in the area yesterday, remained over the area throughout the day and
into sunset.

Dust:
Oregon/Nevada/Washington:
Two large dust plumes from Malheur and Summer Lake in central Oregon as
well as smaller dust plumes from various lake beds in central/southern
Oregon and near the northern California/Nevada border were seen in
this evenings imagery starting around 2045Z and blowing to the south
and southeast.  Just before sunset a large dust plume was seen in west
central Nevada originating near Humboldt Lake, also blowing to the south.

Liddick


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.