DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z June 1, 2009
Gulf of Mexico: Remnant smoke from the Mexican and Guatemala fires continues to be observed across the southern Gulf of Mexico, mainly confined to an area south of about 24N and west of 85W. The most dense smoke is located over the Bay of Campeche. Mid Atlantic Coast: Remnant smoke was seen off the Mid Atlantic coast east of New Jersey and the Delmarva and south of Long Island and Caper Cod. The smoke is quite thin and is believed to be remnant from agricultural fires in the northern Plains. Florida: Patches of light smoke were seen in the extreme northeast Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida north of Tampa Bay. It is believed that this is remnant smoke from the Mexican/Guatemalan fires that has been recirculated. East and North Texas: An uncertain aerosol was seen over much of north and east Texas slowly drifting to the west-northwest. This may be a mixture of haze and remnant smoke. Southern Canada: An extensive area of aerosol was observed across the southern tier of Canada along the US border stretching from British Columbia across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. This has been detected for the past several days. The source and type of aerosol is unknown, although it may possibly have originated from east Asia. Ruminski THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov