DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z April 24, 2014
East Coast: The last visible satellite images of the day show a large area of unknown composition moving off the east coast. This area extends from North Carolina south to northern Florida. This may be composed of remnant smoke from agricultural burns throughout the US, Asian dust and other aerosols. Gulf of Mexico: A thick ribbon of unknown origin dips down into the Gulf of Mexico from the panhandle of Florida and travels west until it turns back north into southeastern Texas. This area may also be composed of remnant smoke from agricultural burns throughout the US, Asian dust and other aerosols. -Salemi Earlier Today: Southern Plains: An area of light-density remnant smoke is visible in satellite imagery moving SE from central Texas up to southern Missouri this morning. Although a clear region of smoke is present, there is a haze over the entire plains and Mississippi Valley due to the high content of aerosols in the area. Due to cloud cover and the limitations of GOES-W in the eastern U.S., it is difficult to determine how far east or west the smoke is present. The smoke originates from the large number of fires that have been burning in this region in the past week. Illinois: A plume of light-density remnant smoke is visible this morning moving SE in Illinois. This remnant smoke originates from the large number of fires that have been burning in the Mississippi Valley and Plains in the past week. East Coast: A large area of unknown aerosols are visible over the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic coast states moving offshore into the Atlantic Ocean. Light-density sulfates are visible off the coast of New Jersey all the way down to Florida. It is also possible that these aerosols are mixed with remnant smoke from all the burning that took place in the SE region last week. 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