DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z March 29, 2014
Gulf of Mexico: A large amount of smoke from Mexican and Central American fires, along with other unknown aerosol, could be seen over the western and south central Gulf. Much of the aerosol disappeared beneath clouds over the northern Gulf of Mexico, but a break in the clouds off the southern Texas coast showed a hazy aerosol that was thought to be part of the larger area of remnant smoke. Texas/Oklahoma: An area of elevated dust could be seen moving eastward across southeast and east Texas just behind a line of thunderstorms. Strong winds behind the frontal boundary draped over the southern Plains was also causing new areas of blowing dust/sand across western and central Oklahoma and northwest/north central Texas. 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.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