DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z APRIL 15, 2009
New Mexico/W Texas: Light smoke from a fire in SE New Mexico is seen in visible satellite imagery with embedded areas of moderate smoke moving northeastward into the southern Texas panhandle. Gulf of Mexico: Remnant light smoke from fires in the Yucatan Peninsula is seen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico where it has been pulled northeastward along a frontal boundary. This front will continue to push eastward, likely taking the smoke with it across southern Florida. SE of Florida/Bahamas: Light smoke can be seen lifting northeastward from fires in Cuba across the Bahamas and also to just off the southeast Florida coast. Sheffler/Kibler THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov