DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z May 22, 2011
Northern Mexico/Texas: Remnant smoke continues to spread northeastward/eastward from fires in western Mexico (Chihuahua). Portions of this plume reached central Texas, including the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and Austin. Northeastern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/South Central US/Southeastern US: An extremely large mass of what is believed to be primarily smoke continues to cover northeastern Mexico, and portions of the South Central and Southeastern US. Embedded moderately dense to even dense smoke was present over northeastern Mexico, the western Gulf of Mexico. This huge area of smoke was likely from a number of sources including seasonal fires over Mexico and Central America as well as some contribution in the Southeastern US and over the southwestern Atlantic from fires in southeastern Georgia and eastern North Carolina. Myrga/JS 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