DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0202Z April 13, 2007
Western Gulf of Mexico and southern Texas: Southerly flow ahead of weather system over the 4-corners region has helped to funnel a large smoke plume over the western Gulf of Mexico and southern Texas. The smoke plume is originating from the tremendous amount of fire activity over the Yucatan Peninsula. At sunset it appeared as though smoke was confined from Brazoria county southwards to the Brownsville area and then extending further southward along coastal Mexico. The majority of the plume was thin with some embedded areas of moderate density smoke. Southeastern States: Isolated fire activity over the southeast was producing several smoke plumes that were evident on satellite imagery this evening. Most of the smoke plumes were thin with isolated areas of moderate density smoke. The smoke plumes were drifting from their point sources towards the southeast. Western Louisiana/Eastern Texas: Numerous fire activity over the region has produced a rather expansive smoke plume that extended from approximately the Alexandria area of Louisiana towards the west/northwest with the composite plumes furthest northern extent along an axis from Harrison to Kaufman county. Numerous areas in this plume were featuring moderate density smoke with an area of high density smoke approximately centered near Henderson and Anderson counties. Hanna