DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z March 30, 2015
SMOKE US Southeast: Numerous agricultural and prescribed burns were seen in GOES-13 imagery this afternoon/evening throughout the US southeast. Light density smoke plumes associated with these fires were primarily moving to the northeast. BLOWING DUST Central Plains: A light to moderate area of blowing dust originating from southeast Colorado was seen in GOES-13 imagery this morning into the evening. The area of blowing dust was moving south from Kiowa county Colorado through the panhandle of Oklahoma into Dallam and Hartley counties in Texas. Mid and upper level clouds moving in from the west obscured any more satellite observations of blowing dust after 23:15Z. -Cronin 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