Sunday, March 16, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z March 17, 2014

Dust and Sand:

Texas:
Dust and loose soils across the SW portion of the Cap Rock in southern
Hockly and Lubbock counties as well as Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Gaines,
Dawson, Andrews, Martin, Ector, Midland, northern Crane and Upton
counties counties starting early this afternoon around 1945z, producing
moderately dense sandstorm that as continued to move nearly due South
(hint of eastward drift) along the Pecos River, covering much of the
Stockton Plateau  into N Coahuila.

Baja California Sur:
Added this area of dust/sand being kicked up along the middle sections of
the Baja California peninsula as it is of particular interest being very
dense sand storm.  The sand originates  from the Desierto de Vizcaino
of far northern Baja California Sur moving SW starting around 1530Z and
extending off the coast up to 100km.

Gallina

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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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.