DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 8, 2015
SMOKE Western Gulf of Mexico: A large area of light density is visible moving NW from the Yucatan and adjoining areas of Mexico towards the northern Gulf towards Texas. The remnant agricultural smoke was mixing with emissions from the oil rigs in the same area of the southwestern Gulf. Eastern Gulf of Mexico: A pocket of light density smoke is visible this morning in satellite imagery moving NW from the Tampa Bay area of Florida into the panhandle of the state. This smoke originates from the several agricultural burns that have been taking place around Lake Okeechobee. DUST Pacific Northwest: A large area of elevated dust from Asia was visible this morning in satellite imagery off nearly the Pacific Northwest coast of the US and extended further north across Vancouver Island and into mainland British Columbia. This dust is moving SE and making landfall over British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Arizona: An area of hazy blowing dust is visible moving SE and extending through a majority of the state of Arizona. There is a high chance that this dust is foreign, and made its way from California overnight from the Pacific Ocean. 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