DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 06, 2014
SMOKE: Southern Plains: An area of light density smoke is visible in central Oklahoma and Kansas. Numerous fires are burning near the border in Oklahoma which is creating a good amount of smoke that is traveling north. Another area of remnant smoke is visible to the SW of the first one. The smoke is visible from central Texas up through Oklahoma into Arkansas. The smoke is remnant from the agricultural burns going on in that area from the past 24 hours. Southeast: A few plumes of detached smoke are visible from several agricultural burns on the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. The plumes are moving east offshore into the Atlantic Ocean around 2200Z. BLOWING DUST: California: A large heavy swath of blowing dust is visible in satellite imagery this afternoon. The dust is first visible over the Bay area around 1400Z and continues its way south towards Los Angeles until sunset. The dust is visible inland as far as the Nevada border. The dust is Asian in origin and has been blowing over the Pacific the last few days. Washington: Waves of dust are also visible making its way south from Alaska into the Pacific NW near Washington this evening, notably after 1700Z. AEROSOLS: North Carolina: An area of unknown aerosols are visible drifting offshore the Atlantic Ocean. The plume is visible off the coast of North Carolina moving eastward. 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