DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z May 12, 2014
West Texas: Remnant plume of aerosols, believed to be primarily comprised of dust is observed moving south and east across portions of west Texas and the panhandle. There may be some remnant smoke particle entrained along the southwestern extent of this plume from smoke that had been tracking eastward across southern New Mexico from a large wildfire that continues to burn across the southwestern portion of the state. Baja California/Pacific Ocean: A rather expansive plume of remnant dust is seen extending off western portions of Baja California and out over the Pacific Ocean. The origin of this dust plume came from multi-source blowing dust event that occurred yesterday across southern California and Arizona. Alaska: A large fire in central Alaska continues to produce a thin smoke plume this morning that is extending toward the northwest. 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