DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z December 18, 2016
DUST: Southern and Southeastern New Mexico/Western and Southwestern Texas... An extensive area of thin to moderately dense blowing dust was visible during the day moving to the east, southeast, and south covering much of south central and southeastern New Mexico as well as western and southwestern Texas and northern Mexico. The dust is likely a combination of leftover dust from yesterday's widespread event as well as new dust kicked up today from local sources within this large region. AEROSOL: Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche... A mainly thin density aerosol which is likely composed at least partly by smoke from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche and fires in southeastern Mexico was seen spreading to the northwest over a portion of the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf of Mexico. The aerosol also reached close to the coast of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana. JS 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