DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 25, 2015
SMOKE Great Lakes Region/Central Ontario: A thin stripe of light density residual smoke was seen in GOES-13 satellite imagery stretching from Central Ontario to Lake Erie and was moving to the southeast. Gulf of Mexico/Texas Coastline: A large area of light to moderate smoke and remnant smoke was detected in the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon/evening. Moderate smoke originating from agricultural burns in Central America and oil exploration in the Gulf of Campeche was seen moving to the northwest in the western Gulf of Mexico from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Texas coastline. Light density remnant smoke from fires in Cuba and Central America was seen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico stretching from 90W to the Western coast of Florida. DUST Texas/Oklahoma: A narrow area of light density blowing dust was observed in north-central Texas just east of Lubbock, Texas and was moving to the northeast. The area of blowing dust spanned from Howard county, Texas to Jackson county, Oklahoma in southwest Oklahoma. -Cronin 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