DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 05, 2015
SMOKE: Western Gulf of Mexico: An area of remnant smoke that was observed this morning was visible at sunset tonight moving north/northwest from the Gulf coast of Mexico up into Texas. The origins of the smoke is believed to originate from the agricultural burns in progress in Mexico as well as from oil exploration in the southeast Gulf. Oegerle Earlier today... Gulf of Mexico: An expansive area of aerosol is seen over much of the Gulf of Mexico in the southeasterly/southerly flow. The aerosol over the western Gulf is believed to be remnant smoke from fires in the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. Much of the rest of the aerosol may also be smoke from Central America, Cuba, and other Caribbean islands but this cannot be confirmed. 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