DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 31, 2015
SMOKE Central Plains: Multiple agricultural and prescribed burns were seen in GOES-13 imagery across the central plains this afternoon/evening. Light density smoke plumes associated with the fires in northern Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas and southern Missouri were moving to the northeast. Northern Plains: A wildfire in northwest South Dakota and agricultural burns were seen in GOES-13 imagery this afternoon/evening. Light density smoke plumes associated with the fires were moving to the southeast. A wildfire in northwest South Dakota more specifically southwest Harding county South Dakota has not been contained and is still detected in infrared imagery as of 0200Z. DUST Eastern Pacific: An area of aerosols, primarily dust, can be seen in GOES-15 imagery this afternoon/evening in the eastern Pacific roughly between 30N-40N and 130W-150W. The medium density aerosol likely originated from Asia, and continues to move eastward behind an approaching frontal boundary. The area of aerosols are foretasted to reach the west coast by 12Z. -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