DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z May 4, 2011
Florida/Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Yesterday's smoke remnants of Jarhead fire can be seen along the NE FL and GA coastlines from Daytona Beach to just off shore of Hilton Head Island, SC the predominant movement is toward the NNE but some thin smoke is moving westward caught in the sea breeze and melding with smoke plumes from a fire in the swamps of SE GA and in NE Florida. A secondary area can be seen along the eastern FL panhandle and into the Appalachee Bay moving NE... one could connect this plume back to the source fire along the western edge of anticyclonic flow (note, today's smoke is moving more due West or WNW). Western Gulf and Bay of Campeche: Extensive cloud cover over the western Gulf off the Texas coast is precluding smoke detection in this area, although it is likely that there is remnant smoke from the numerous fires across Mexico and Central America. Central Missouri River Valley: Numerous fires across E ND, E SD, E NE, IA, and MN are contributing to a broader area of thin smoke that is possible remnants described in prior smoke narrative along the western side of the cyclong over IL/E IA and S WI. Gallina 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