DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z October 6, 2013
No significant areas of detached smoke and/or blowing dust/sand were visible in satellite imagery during the afternoon. JS Earlier This Morning... California/Northwest Mexico: A faint aerosol could be seen off the coasts of California and northwest Mexico this morning. A smoke producing fire in southern California to the north of San Diego had produced thin to moderately dense smoke yesterday that extended west and then northwest this morning. In addition to the smoke, the rest of the aerosol seen is thought to be elevated dust particles from yesterday's blowing dust event across southern California/northwest Mexico. The elevated dust appeared to extend north along the California coast to about 150 miles northwest of the San Francisco Bay area. Mid-Atlantic Coast: An area of unknown aerosol stretched eastward from the Mid-Atlantic coastline along a stationary frontal boundary that was hanging across eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey this morning. The aerosol was seen from the northeast North Carolina coast northward to New Jersey and all points east, with clouds obscuring the view further north. Western Gulf of Mexico: As the frontal boundary was pushing through the western Gulf of Mexico this morning, breaks in the clouds revealed a thin aerosol along the Texas coast and possibly also over southwest Louisiana that is thought the be elevated dust particles that were picked up by the strong system as it moved across the Plains. -Sheffler 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