DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1605Z May 8, 2010
Gulf of Mexico: Remnant smoke from fires in Mexico and Central America was seen over the western Gulf of Mexico and along the southeast Texas coast extending eastward along the Gulf coast to the Florida panhandle. Some of the remnant smoke pushing northward from the Yucatan Peninsula over the western Gulf of Mexico was of moderate density. US East Coast: Another area of remnant smoke from the Mexican and Central American fires possibly mixed with other aerosols was located along the East coast. It streched from just east of Florida along the South Carolina and North Carolina coasts to just east of southern New Jersey. Southwest Canada to Central US: A thin, unknown aerosol could be seen stretching from northeast British Columbia southeastward across Alberta/Saskatchewan and through the Central US Plains reaching as far as Missouri. The origin of this aerosol is also undetermined at this time. -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