DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 5, 2015
SMOKE Oklahoma/Kansas: Multiple agricultural and prescribed burns were detected in satellite imagery this afternoon/evening throughout eastern Oklahoma and eastern Kansas. Light density smoke plumes associated with fires in southeastern Oklahoma were moving to the west-northwest and light to moderate density smoke plumes in northeastern Oklahoma and eastern Kansas were moving to the north-northeast. DUST Kansas/Nebraska: A large area of blowing dust was seen in western Kansas moving northeast into Nebraska. Upper level clouds moving in from the southwest prevented the pinpointing of where the dust originated. Earlier Today... SMOKE Central US: A large area of light density remnant smoke was visible this morning in GOES-W imagery moving eastward. States affected by the smoke include South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, northern Texas, northern Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, southern Michigan, Indiana, and western Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Due to the spatial limitations of GOES-W, it is difficult to discern how far east the smoke extends. This smoke originates from the numerous agricultural burns that have been prescribed in the Central Plains and Midwest this week. DUST East Pacific/California: Elevated dust that originated from Asia continues to be visible as it moves onshore along the coast of central California. 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