DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z April 16, 2015

SMOKE:
North-central US/South-central Canada:
A large area of light, remnant smoke extends from northern North Dakota
through Manitoba and into western Ontario.

Minnesota:
A large fire in Roseau County is generating moderately dense to dense
smoke which is moving to the northeast.

Arizona:
A fire in central Arizona is emitting light smoke which extends northeast
through northwestern New Mexico and into south-central Colorado.

Gulf of Mexico:
Numerous fires throughout the Yucatan Peninsula have created an area of
light smoke which is blanketing most of the western Gulf of Mexico and
moving north towards Texas and Louisiana.

DUST:
Nevada/California:
Multiple areas of blowing dust originate in the area of Montezuma Peak
in Nevada and across the border in eastern California.  These areas of
blowing dust/sand are moving to the south-southwest beginning at 15/2115Z
and continuing through sunset.

Southern California/Arizona/New Mexico:
An area of aerosols, which is likely remnant blowing dust/sand,
extends from southern California northeast through central Arizona into
northwestern New Mexico.

-Salemi

Earlier:
SMOKE:

Northern Plains:
Two areas of thin density remnant smoke plumes  are seen drifting
northward, one encompasses portions of eastern South and North Dakota
along the border of Minnesota, with the second area across portions of
north-central Minnesota.  Both areas of remnant smoke are believed to
have originated from the central plains.


DUST:

Southwest US:
An area of remnant blowing dust leftover from last evenings haboob event
that originated in central Nevada is observed in early morning visible
satellite imagery as an elongated feature stretching from south-central
Colorado, northwestern New Mexico across central Arizona to the border of
Arizona and southern California.  The blowing dust signature also shows
up very well in the visible channel of NOAA-15 polar orbiting satellite
at 1349 UTC.



Warren

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.