DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z January 17, 2014
California: Thin to moderately dense smoke produced yesterday and overnight by the Colby wildfire that is to the east of Los Angeles could be seen offshore drifting slowly west and southwest over the Pacific. Some thin smoke was also coming from the fire and was over southern Los Angeles County. Southeast US Coast: Numerous fires detected across the Gulf Coast and Florida/Georgia/South Carolina yesterday had produced smoke plumes. Some of the remnant smoke could be seen offshore southern South Carolina lifting northeastward. Gulf of Mexico: Large amounts of agricultural burning along the Gulf Coast yesterday along with blowing dust that was moving southeast across Texas yesterday evening may have mixed along and behind the frontal boundary that is now over the northern Gulf of Mexico. Some haziness could be seen from the northeast Gulf southwestward along the front and also just off the upper Texas coast. 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