DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z April 27, 2011
Texas: Two individual areas of blowing dust are visible in satellite imagery this morning. 1. An area of blowing dust originating in Andrews County, Texas is moving to the southeast. This plume enters Mexico over Terrell and Val Verde Counties and is also mixing with smoke from a wildfire in Crane County. 2. An area of blowing dust with a point source in Martin County, Texas is moving to the southeast. Through 1615Z, the plume is entering Schleicher County, which is south of San Angelo. Texas Gulf Coast/Gulf of Mexico: Remnant smoke from the wildfires in western Texas, along with those burning in Coahuila, Mexico, is present in satellite imagery this morning. The remnant smoke over land is generally east of Laredo, San Antonio, and Austin. A frontal boundary is helping to move the smoke to the east and into the western Gulf. Myrga 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