DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z October 20, 2014
SMOKE: Northern Gulf of Mexico/Central Texas: A thin aerosol remains visible in the GOES imagery this evening, stretching along a remnant boundary over the Gulf of Mexico. The aerosol is more easily seen across the northern Gulf of Mexico, and is also seen extending over the Texas coastline into central Texas, before becoming to difficult to discern from cloud cover over northern Texas. The origin and content of the aerosol is unknown, although some of the aerosol over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico may be mixed with smoke from southeastern U.S. fires. DUST: Oregon: An area of blowing dust is visible moving northeastward through central Oregon, originating from Summer Lake. Heeps 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