Monday, April 6, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z April 7, 2015

SMOKE
Kansas:
Cloudy conditions precluded fire and smoke detection over the Flint
Hills of eastern Kansas for much of the day but skies cleared in late
afternoon and revealed numerous fires with a few smoke plumes. The smoke
was mostly moving to the north and northeast.

Gulf of Mexico:
Areas of light smoke from the agricultural burning in the Yucatan and
adjoining areas of Mexico were seen over the southwest Gulf of Mexico. The
smoke was mixing with emissions from the oil rigs in the same area of
the southwestern Gulf. The whole mass was moving to the northwest and
contributing to a general haziness over much of the western Gulf up to
the Texas coast.

Eastern Pacific:
Broad areas of mostly light smoke from agricultural burning were also
observed off the Pacific coast of southern Mexico, Guatemala and El
Salvador. The smoke was moving to the west.

DUST
Nebraska:
A small area of aerosol, likely blowing dust, was seen over southwest
Nebraska. The source appears to be near North Platte and it is moving
to the southwest.

New Mexico:
An area of light blowing dust was seen originating from White Sands
in south central New Mexico and moving to the northeast into southeast
New Mexico.

Colorado:
A small area of very light blowing dust was coming from the Arkansas
River basin in southeast Colorado and moving to the northeast into
western Kansas.

Southwest:
An area of elevated light to moderately dense blowing dust was observed
over the eastern Pacific off the coast of southern California from
roughly Point Conception down to San Diego and spreading inland as far
as southern Nevada and northwest Arizona.

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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.