DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z April 2, 2015

Central US:
Smoke and dust are likely the two main components that make up an area of
aerosols seen over parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, northwest Texas,
and northeast New Mexico. Thin smoke was analyzed from central Oklahoma
into southwest Missouri, which is likely from regional agricultural
burning yesterday. Further southwest and west, the aerosol is more likely
to be blowing dust behind the cold front that is dropping south through
the Texas Panhandle.

Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Coast:
An area of aerosol is seen moving eastward off of the New
England/Mid-Atlantic coast. Some of this aerosol is analyzed as smoke,
which transport models show has come from fires in the Central US over
the past few days. The aerosol appears to mix with other unknown aerosols,
which may include elevated dust.

Western/Southern Gulf:
A large amount of aerosol that is believed to be smoke is present over
the western and southern Gulf of Mexico today. Agricultural burning in
the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Cuba, along with an oil rig fire
yesterday in the Bay of Campeche are the cause of the remnant smoke,
which was considered moderately dense in smoke locations.

East Pacific/Western US:
An extensive area of elevated dust is present over the east Pacific
and extending over parts of the West Coast. The dust appears to extend
northeast ahead of a frontal boundary across western Washington/southwest
British Columbia and southward all along the Oregon/California coast.

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.