DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 30, 2013
***PLEASE NOTE: GOES-13 has been replaced with GOES-14. GOES-14 is centered at 00N105W which is 30 degrees further west than GOES-13. This position has an impact on the ability to detect smoke, particularly light smoke in the evening, compared to GOES-13. It is possible that areas of light smoke that would be detected previously are now not discernible.*** Unknown Aerosol: Great Lakes/Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: An expansive area of thin to moderately dense aerosol plume is seen extending from the Great Lakes moving eastward towards New England and stretching over the Mid-Atlantic. The origin and composition of this aerosol are unknown based on the extensive cloud cover that is present in satellite imagery over the U.S. and Canada over the past few days. It is possible that some remnant smoke from fires that have been burning across the southeastern U.S. over the last few days may contributing to the southern portions of this aerosol plume. Blowing Dust: SW Kansas/Oklahoma and Texas panhandles/NE New Mexico: An area of thin blowing dust is visible in SW Kansas, the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, and NE New Mexico. The blowing dust originates from the region and is moving eastward. Oegerle 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