Tuesday, April 1, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0132Z April 2, 2014

Coastal South Carolina/Georgia:
Smoke from several fires burning across portions of eastern/coastal
South Carolina and Georgia was seen spreading westward across coastal
and eastern portions of these states this evening.  It appears as though
sea-breeze changed the eastward transport of this smoke, pushing it back
toward to the west.

Southeast US:
Strong winds across the southeastern US have generated several blowing
dust/sand plumes that are fanning out across northern New Mexico and
southern to eastern Colorado.  The primary origins of this blowing
dust/sand event can be traced back to locations in northwestern New
Mexico and northeastern Arizona.  Additionally, there is smaller dust/sand
plumes originating across southeastern Colorado, beginning around 2145Z.

Southwestern Gulf of Mexico:
Detached areas of light-density smoke were seen in satellite imagery
this morning moving westward from the Yucatan peninsula to the east
coast of Mexico.  Numerous fires located across southern Mexico and
Central America are likely contributing to this area of smoke.


Warren

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.