DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600 April 3, 2010
Tennessee and Ohio Valleys: A patch of smoke was seen through a break in the extensive cloudiness over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. This smoke was seen extending from east central Alabama northward across northwest Georgia, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee up to the Ohio River. This is residual smoke from the extensive fires seen across the Southeast the past few days. South Texas: The leading edge of an area of thin smoke was seen moving west up the Rio Grande valley in south Texas, reaching up to nearly Del Rio. Extensive cloudiness over south Texas and the adjacent Gulf make the full areal extent impossible to determine. The source of this area of smoke is the agricultural burning in Mexico and Central America. Ruminski 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