DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z June 15, 2011
Southwest US/Texas: Several large wildfires (e.g. Wallow, Horseshoe 2) continue to emit moderately dense to dense smoke that extends across New Mexico and into Texas. The eastern edge of this smoke is around Midland and Odessa, TX when viewed on satellite imagery this morning. Southeast US/eastern North Carolina: A broad area of moderately dense smoke continues to be present over the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The origins of this smoke include the Honey Prairie wildfire in the Okefenokee swamp and several other fires in Florida. The Pains Bay wildfire in coastal North Carolina continues to burn and produce an area of moderately dense smoke that extends southeast over the Atlantic. Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov