Thursday, April 10, 2008

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z April 11, 2008

CALIFORNIA: A fire in Glenn County has a light, narrow smoke plume which
extends 120km to the south.  There are a few other fires located in
northern California with light and occasionally moderate smoke extending
to the south.

NEW MEXICO/TEXAS/OKLAHOMA/KANSAS: Large amounts of blowing dust can
be seen originating from White Sands in south central New Mexico and
extending south and east into Texas.  The sand dips into west Texas and
then turns back north extending through northern Texas, into central
Oklahoma and the southeastern tip of Kansas.  West central Texas has
several large fires producing light smoke moving to the east which mixes
with the sands from New Mexico.

FLORIDA: Fires along the west coast of Florida are producing light smoke
extending into the Gulf of Mexico.  Another fire in the pan handle of
Florida is producing moderate smoke which is moving north into Alabama.

Southeast: There are numerous small agricultural burns but through the
cloud cover only a few small smoke plumes can be discerned.  The plumes
are primarily light and extend predominantly northward.

Gulf of Mexico: There is a large area of light to moderate smoke in the
western Gulf, particularly dense within 200 miles of the Texas/Mexico
coast.

 


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.