DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z October 3, 2009
Eastern New Mexico: A small, wispy area of thin to moderately dense seen this morning over southern Arizona had progressed eastward through the day. This smoke appears to be from the fire that was burning in the northern Baja Peninsula yesterday. South Central Canada: An area of haze mixed with some thin remnant smoke was seen along the Manitoba/Alberta border and over central to northern Manitoba. This mix of aerosols continued to push west this evening behind an old frontal boundary. Central Plains to Northern Rockies: This evening, a thin band of haze was seen stretching from the Kansas/Nebraska border northwest along the front edge of a remnant frontal boundary to southwestern South Dakota, eastern Montana, and southwest Saskatchewan. Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern Texas: An area of thin to moderately dense smoke and haze was seen lifting northwestward across the western Gulf. By this evening hazy conditions had reached the Brownsville area in deep southern Texas. This smoke may have come from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche or possibly from fires in Mexico. -Sheffler More information on the areas of smoke described above as well as others can be found at the locations listed below. 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.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 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