Tuesday, May 13, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z May 13, 2014

West Texas/eastern New Mexico:
Remnant plume of aerosols, believed to be primarily comprised of dust
is observed moving slowly 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 remains 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.

Southwestern Canada:
Light remnant smoke can be seen across southern Alberta and Saskatchewan
towards sunset.  The smoke is believed to be remnant from a handful of
fires across the central and northern Alberta and the southern half of
Saskatchewan today as well as previous days.

Alaska:
A large fire in central Alaska continues to produce a thin smoke plume
with smoke from earlier extending toward the northwest and more recent
medium smoke has shifted to the west.


Liddick


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.