DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z May 2, 2010
ADDENDUM: Northern Mexico: Strong winds have kicked up an area of blowing dust that is originating in northern Mexico about 500 km south of the Big Bend area of Texas. This blowing dust was moving quickly to the northeast toward far south Texas by sunset. New England/Mid Atlantic: Large area of light aerosols of unknown origin and composition was moving southeastward across New England and the Mid Atlantic states and into the Atlantic. There is some evidence to suggest that this area could be residual smoke but the origin is not clear. Western Gulf of Mexico/Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi: Light to isolated moderate smoke from fires in Mexico covered much of the western Gulf and Bay of Campeche and stretched northward across eastern Texas, southern Arkansas, all of Louisiana and much of Mississippi. Eastern Gulf of Mexico: An area of aerosols was also pushing north across the eastern Gulf. This area was slightly less dense than that in the western Gulf and can be traced southeastward into the Caribbean. The predominant aerosol is likely to be African dust. Georgia/South Carolina: A fire that erupted in the early afternoon in Liberty County, Georgia, resulted in a cloud of light smoke that moved northeastward along the coast, reaching Berkeley County, South Carolina by sunset. Coastal California/Baja California: An area of aerosols of unknown origin and composition was observed moving south along the West coast from central California to Baja California. 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