Monday, October 20, 2014

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z October 20, 2014

Northern Gulf of Mexico/Florida Coast:
A thin aerosol is present in GOES imagery today stretching east-west along
a remnant frontal boundary over the Gulf of Mexico and just to the east
of Florida. Cloud cover expanding northeastward across the central Gulf
is starting to obscure the aerosol whose origin and content are largely
unknown, although some portion of the area of aerosol may contain smoke
from southeastern U.S. fires over the past few days.

North Texas to Great Lakes Region:
An unknown aerosol extends from Michigan/Wisconsin southwestward along a
frontal boundary across parts of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas,
southeast Kansas, Oklahoma, and north Texas. This aerosol is thought to
have been pulled northeastward from the south central/central Plains by
the upper trough moving through the Great Lakes.

Sheffler

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.