DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 4, 2015
SMOKE Central Plains: Several agricultural and prescribed burns were seen in eastern Oklahoma and eastern Kansas this afternoon/evening in satellite imagery. Light density smoke plumes associated with the fires were moving south. Western/Southern Gulf of Mexico: Large plumes of light density smoke were seen off the western coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and the southern Gulf of Mexico. The light density smoke plumes originated from today's agricultural burning in the Yucatan Peninsula and oil rigs located in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Both plumes were moving to the northwest. A elongated area of light density remnant smoke from yesterday's agricultural burning and oil rigs in the southern Gulf of Mexico stretches from the eastern coast of Mexico to the southern coast of Texas. DUST East Pacific/California: Elevated dust that originated from Asia continues to be seen in GOES-15 imagery as it moves onshore along the coast of northern California. Clouds associated with a frontal boundary trail the elevated dust as it moves eastward. -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