DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z April 26, 2015
SMOKE: NE Nebraska: A light plume of light-density smoke is visible moving SW from the South Dakota/Nebraska border. This smoke most likely originates from the smoke that was seen this morning coming down from the Great Lakes. Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean: A large area of light to medium density-smoke is visible moving from the entire Gulf coast of Mexico through the Yucatan Peninsula moving NE towards the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is visible crossing over Florida and into the Atlantic Ocean over Bahamas. This smoke originates from the heavy agricultural fires that are taking place all over Mexico and the oil exploration in the Bay of Campeche. DUST: Western Texas: A plume of blowing dust was visible extending through SW and NW Texas this evening. Due to the high surface winds in the region, blowing dust is visible moving from New Mexico, the Mexican border, and the panhandle of Texas. 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