DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z April 8, 2014
Western/Central Gulf of Mexico: A large mass of mainly thin density smoke was visible in satellite imagery moving to the north and northeast across the western and central Gulf of Mexico. Cloudiness farther to the north in the northern Gulf of Mexico prevented a determination of how far north the smoke reached. The smoke was emanating from numerous seasonal fires burning in Mexico and Central America. Central US: Quite a few fires were detected over eastern Kansas during the day, but rather significant cloudiness in the region prevented smoke detection in satellite imagery. BLOWING DUST... Southeastern Colorado/Western Oklahoma/Northwestern Texas: Primarily thin density blowing dust originated from numerous source points in east central Colorado after 18Z and moved to the south over southeastern Colorado, far western Oklahoma, and northwestern Texas. Western Utah: A very small patch of blowing dust emanated from a source point in west central Utah after 18Z. The dust quickly separated from its source as it moved to the southeast and dissipated late in the day. JS 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