DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0241Z May 1, 2013
Gulf of Mexico: Light remnant smoke from fires burning in Mexico and Central America extended northward over the west central Gulf of Mexico from the Bay of Campeche to southeastern Texas. Arkansas/Texas/Oklahoma: An area of aerosol, possibly light remnant smoke from agricultural fires in the area yesterday, remained over the area throughout the day and into sunset. Dust: Oregon/Nevada/Washington: Two large dust plumes from Malheur and Summer Lake in central Oregon as well as smaller dust plumes from various lake beds in central/southern Oregon and near the northern California/Nevada border were seen in this evenings imagery starting around 2045Z and blowing to the south and southeast. Just before sunset a large dust plume was seen in west central Nevada originating near Humboldt Lake, also blowing to the south. Liddick 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