DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z April 08, 2011
Eastern Mexico/Western Gulf of Mexico into Texas and Louisiana: An area of remnant light to moderate smoke was evident on this evenings satellite imagery over a large portion of eastern Mexico the Western Gulf of Mexico and extending north into eastern Texas and Louisiana. This area is most likely remnant smoke from agricultural fires burning in southern Mexico over the last several days and also from the large wildfires burning over northern Coahuila in Mexico. The full extent of smoke coverage this evening may not be realized due to widespread cloudiness across much of the central USA. Northern Texas: A large wildfire over northern Stonewall was emitting a large and very dense smoke plume that was lifting northeast into southern Oklahoma. New Mexico/West Texas: An area of blowing dust was noted on satellite imagery over eastern New Mexico and western Texas and into the Texas Panhandle. Northeastern Colorado/Western Nebraska/Southeastern Wyoming: An area of light remnant smoke was analyzed over portions of northeastern Colorado, western Nebraska and southeastern Wyoming this evening. The source region for this area of smoke is likely the large number of agricultural fires that have been ongoing over the past few days over portions of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa. West Coast: This evenings satellite imagery indicated a Trans-Pacific transport of blowing dust, likely from east Asia, along coastal regions of the West Coast from Canada south to portions of California. Hanna 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