DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z April 30, 2011
Gulf of Mexico through Central Plains/Midwest US: A large area of mostly light smoke can be seen in this morning's satellite imagery stretching through the central and western portions of the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke plume then extends northward through AL and into TN and IN stretching back westward into the central and southern Plain states. This is all remnant smoke from agricultural burns from Mexico and Central America as well as the numerous wildfires that are continuing to burn through southern and western Texas and northern Mexico. Blowing Dust/Sand: Central New Mexico: An area of leftover blowing dust can be seen moving northward into the central/northeastern portion of New Mexico this morning. This is most likely remnant dust from White Sands that occurred yesterday evening. Southern Nevada/Central and Southern California: An elongated and thin area of possible blowing dust and/or sand can be seen moving to wards the south into extreme southern Nevada and into Central CA near Death Valley National Park all the way to near San Jose. Off the Coast of Southern California: An area of remnant blowing dust/sand can be seen making its way off the coast near Ventura County in southern CA in this morning's imagery. Belge 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