DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 19 2013
Currently: Texas/Oklahoma/Louisiana: Remnant smoke that was seen over the Gulf of Mexico earlier today (see discussion below) moved northwest throughout the day covering much of Texas. The northern and eastern extent of the smoke was hard to discern due to cloudiness, but it likely extends as far north as Kansas and as far east as Mississippi. **Ash plume associated with Pavlof volcano in Alaska was incorrectly analyzed as smoke LP Earlier Today: Northwest Canada: Remnant smoke remains over Northwest Territories, British Columbia, and Alberta moving north. The smoke is from several fires in northeast British Columbia that were generating smoke yesterday. Gulf of Mexico: A large area of smoke remains over the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and extends through Central America and into the Pacific Ocean. The smoke remains from the numerous fires across Mexico and Central America over the past several days. 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