Tuesday, May 08, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z May 08, 2012

Smoke:
South Texas/northeast Mexico/western Gulf of Mexico:
An area of mainly light smoke was seen mixed with clouds over much of
south Texas and adjoining areas of northern Mexico and the Gulf of
Mexico. This is residual smoke from the numerous agricultural fires
burning in the Yucatan and Central America as well as fires over the
mountains of northwest Mexico.

South Florida:
An area of light smoke was seen over the Florida Keys and surrounding
areas of the southeast Gulf of Mexico. This is likely remnant smoke from
fires in southern Florida and Cuba.

Dust:
Central Plains:
An area of presumed thin dust (as suggested by the Naval Research Lab
aerosol forecast) is seen this morning from northeast Colorado across
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and into Wisconsin. This aerosol likely
originated from Asia and is rotating around the southern portion of a
large cyclonic circulation centered over northern Minnesota.

Ruminski

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.