DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z April 3, 2015
SMOKE Western/Southern Gulf of Mexico: A large plume of light density remnant smoke is visible in satellite imagery in the Gulf of Mexico moving northward toward Texas and Louisiana. This remnant smoke originates from the agricultural burning in the Yucatan Peninsula as well as oil rigs off the coast of Mexico in the southern Gulf of Mexico. DUST East Pacific/California: A large area of elevated dust that originated from Asia has moved onshore in Northern California. The elevated dust is visible in GOES-15 imagery moving SE. New Mexico/Texas: A plume of blowing dust/sand is visible in satellite imagery moving south from SE New Mexico into the panhandle of Texas this morning. The plumes were visible from 1330Z until 1500Z. Oegerle 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