DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z April 19, 2010
Ontario, Quebec, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic: A large swath of aerosols that has been seen throughout the past week continues to slowly make its way eastward across North America. In this morning's G-11 imagery this area can been seen stretching from Hudson Bay, over Lake Huron and Erie, through Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Northern Virgina and Delaware, and then out over the Atlantic. The source and composition of this aerosol is uncertain, but it is possible that it is blowing dust that originated in eastern Asia mixing with remnant smoke from the numerous fires across the Plains. Lower Mississippi Valley, Gulf of Mexico: There is some remnant light smoke in the northern Gulf off the coast of Louisiana. This area is most likely from the fires that have occurred over that last several days. Bay of Campeche: In the southwestern Gulf of Mexico there is a moderately sized stationary area of light remnant smoke from the large amount of fires in Mexico and Guatemala. -MS 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