DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z March 27, 2014
Southern Plains: Multiple dust events are visible in satellite imagery this morning in the Southern Plains. First visible at approximately 1400Z, a plume is visible at the New Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma border moving SE into central Texas. A second area of plumes are visible south at the New Mexico/Texas border near Portales, NM moving eastward. The third and most dense area of plumes is visible near Artesia, NM moving eastward into the southern Texas panhandle. Maine: An area of light density unknown aerosols are visible moving up the Maine coast in the Atlantic Ocean, with the most dense areas affecting the Maine Mid-Coast region. The aerosols are first visible in GOES-E at 1315Z and continue NE towards Nova Scotia and New Brunswick via the Bay of Fundy. 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.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