DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z April 1, 2015
SMOKE Southeast US Coast: A large area of thin remnant smoke could be seen off the coast of the Southeastern US south of a frontal boundary. This smoke is thought to be from fires in the Southeastern US over the past day or two. Central and Northern Plains/Midwest: Several small patches of thin smoke are seen this morning over portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Indiana along with a large area of thin remnant smoke stretching from northeast Kansas to north central Minnesota. This extended area of smoke also contained a small area of moderately dense smoke. Western Gulf of Mexico: Smoke could be seen being emitted from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche extending northwest across the western Gulf of Mexico. Additional unknown aerosol may be mixed in with the smoke. DUST East Pacific: An extensive amount of Asian dust was present across the eastern Pacific extending inland across California. Additional Asian dust was seen centered near 38N 140W moving eastward. 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