DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 6, 2015
SMOKE Gulf of Mexico: Some haziness seen in small breaks between mid-high clouds over the western Gulf of Mexico is thought to be smoke. This smoke is likely from both the oil rigs in the Gulf of Campeche and from agricultural burning in Mexico and Cuba yesterday based on GOES imagery showing smoke from the two source regions moving to the northwest Sunday afternoon/evening. DUST Southern Canada/North Central US Plains: An aerosol that is seen extending east to west across southern Quebec, southern Ontario, southern Manitoba, southeast Saskatchewan, northern Minnesota, and North Dakota is thought to be elevated dust from Asia. Aerosol models depict the northern extent of this dust very well although clouds south of the above mentioned areas has obscured much of the Great Lakes region, Midwest, and Northern Plains so the full extent of the dust may be hidden from view. 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