DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z April 29, 2013
Gulf of Mexico: Thin to moderately dense remnant smoke was seen again this morning over the western Gulf of Mexico. Most of this smoke is believed to be from numerous agricultural fires that have been burning in Mexico and Central America over the past few days. Some of this smoke may have also extended inland across far southern Texas mixing with another area of remnant smoke. Northeast Mexico/Texas: An area of thin smoke was seen moving eastward across northeast Mexico, southern Texas, and central Texas. This smoke is thought to have come from several fires burning in northwestern Mexico yesterday. Central US/Midwest/Great Lakes/Southeast Canada: An extensive area of aerosol that is believed to be composed mostly of elevated Asian dust could be seen stretching from northeast Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas/Arkansas northeastward across the Midwest states/western Great Lakes into central Ontario, reaching as far north as the southwest shore of Hudson's Bay. The dust extended as far east as Michigan/northwest Indiana and appeared to be thickest over northeast Minnesota and western Lake Superior. There is a possibility that some smoke may be mixed with the dust across southeast Nebraska, Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and Wisconsin but it could not be distinguished from the rest of the elevated aerosol. California: An unknown aerosol could be seen moving southward along the coast of northern California. It's origin is unknown. Sheffler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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