DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z November 30, 2010
Gulf of Mexico: Two areas of thin remnant smoke could be seen over parts of the Gulf of Mexico this evening. The first was over the northeastern Gulf lifting northward and may have originated from yesterday's fires in Florida. The second area in the western to northwestern Gulf of Mexico appears to be from the oil rigs in the Gulf of Campeche with smoke seen lifting northeastward today and wrapping into a frontal boundary off the Texas coast. Oklahoma: Two grass fires that started today in central Oklahoma were producing smoke plumes stretching to the southeast. One was located in a section of Oklahoma City while the other was to the east near the town of McLoud. News reports indicate that the McLoud grass fire spread to one or more fires and also may have ignited a tire fire. Moderately dense to dense smoke could be seen originating from the site of the McLoud fire in visible satellite imagery. California: An area of possible smoke likely mixed with other unknown aerosols was seen over the southern part of California's central valley. Several small fires were present today and yesterday in the state which contributed to the reduced visibilities there this evening. Northern Mexico: Several areas of blowing dust/sand could be seen in this evening's imagery although none of those areas were moving into or towards the US. Blowing sand/dust could be seen just southwest of El Paso, TX; well southwest of Del Rio, TX; just south of San Diego, CA; and all along the Gulf of California/Baja Peninsula. 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. THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov