DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 6, 2011
Upper Mississippi River Valley: An elongated, north-south oriented area of unknown origin is seen tracking eastward from the Upper Mississippi River Valley towards Lake Michigan/Illinois/Indiana in first few visible images of GOES-West. New Mexico/W. Texas: Remnant smoke is seen in morning satellite imagery tracking east-southeast across southern portions of New Mexico towards western Texas. Smoke likely originated from large wildfire that has been burning for several days across portions of northern Grant county in southwestern New Mexico. Eastern Texas/S. Arkansas/Louisiana/Mississippi: Area of remnant smoke seen stretched across portions of eastern Texas/southern Arkansas/Louisiana/Mississippi this morning. Remnant smoke appears to be along and ahead of a stalled frontal boundary draped across the region and is slowly drifting eastward. Warren 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