DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z April 6, 2010
South Central Canada/Great Lakes Region: Thin smoke could be seen this morning stretched from southern Alberta southeast to the US border and eastward to southwestern Quebec. The origin of much of this smoke remains unknown although some of the aerosol around and north of the Great Lakes likely came from the past few days of agricultural burning in the Central US. Southeast US/Mid-Atlantic: Over parts of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, thin smoke could be seen drifting northeastward leftover from the numerous fires in the southeast US yesterday. Another large area of remnant smoke from these fires had pushed off the Mid-Atlantic coast and was moving eastward. Gulf of Mexico Thin to moderately dense smoke could be seen over the western Gulf of Mexico and stretched eastward to just west of Cuba and another medium sized area of thin smoke could be seen south of Alabama/Mississippi. Most of this remnant smoke has originated in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico or Cuba and drifted north/northwest towards the US. Central to Midwestern US: Another large area of thin smoke was positioned across the Central to Midwestern US and met an area of haze along a cold front over central Kansas. Some of this smoke may have originated in Mexico several days ago but a good portion has come from the more recent fires in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Southwestern US to Central Plains: A band of aerosols approximately 75 miles in width was stretched along a cold front from southern New Mexico/extreme western Texas to southeast Nebraska/southwest Iowa. This band is likely made up of haze, blowing dust/sand, and remnant smoke lingering still from fires in the central US. -Sheffler 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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