Sunday, April 13, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z April 14, 2014

Gulf of Mexico:
A large area of light to moderate density smoke is visible in the
western Gulf of Mexico moving to the north toward the Texas and Louisiana
coast. However, cloudiness over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico prevented
a determination if any of this smoke actually reached the U.S. The origin
of the smoke is the numerous seasonal burns that are taking place all
over Mexico and Central America.

California:
An area of unknown aerosol was visible late in the day banked against
the eastern slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Nevada range
in south central California.

Blowing Dust:
Oklahoma/Texas:
Swaths of thin density blowing dust were visible through much of the
day across far southern Oklahoma and a good portion of the northern
half of Texas. Some of this dust originated from sources over western
Texas. Another streak of thin to moderately dense blowing dust emanating
from a source centered around 31.5N107.5W and moved to the east reaching
far western Texas near El Paso by late in the day.

New Mexico:
Thin to moderately dense blowing dust originated from White Sands in
south central New Mexico and moved to the northeast.

Arizona:
Areas of mainly thin density blowing dust were seen over southeast
AZ(moving E), northwest AZ(moving SSE), and northeast AZ(moving SE).

California:
Thin density blowing dust was seen moving to the SE from several sources
over east Central CA and southeastern CA.

Nevada:
Several streaks of thin density blowing dust originated from source
regions in the southern half of Nevada.

JS

Earlier this Morning...
Northeast:
An area of unknown aerosols are visible off the coast of New Jersey,
New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts moving eastward offshore into
the Atlantic Ocean. The aerosols are first visible at approximately
1400Z. It is also possible that the aerosols are mixed with remnant
smoke from the recent agricultural burning in the Southeast.

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

 


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.