DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z April 29, 2010
Southeast/Lower Mississippi Valley/Southern Plains: Numerous fires are burning across the region producing anywhere from light to dense smoke. Several fires across Georgia and Alabama are emitting moderately dense smoke moving east into other states (South Carolina/Florida) and the Atlantic Ocean. Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes/Ohio Valley/Tennessee Valley: Residual smoke seen earlier today cannot be seen in satellite imagery this evening. Southern California/Southern Nevada/Northern Arizona/Northwest New Mexico/Colorado: A significant area of blowing dust is being picked up across parts of NE Arizona and NW New Mexico and moving ENE across a large section of Colorado and beginning to reach parts of W Nebraska and Kansas. There are very high winds across the region. A smaller area of blowing dust can be seen in parts of SE California and S Nevada. The dust from this area is beginning to reach parts of northern Arizona. Earlier Today: Mississippi Valley/Upper Great Lakes/Ohio Valley/Tennessee Valley: An elongated area of light to pockets of moderately dense residual smoke is moving east across parts of eastern Minnesota and into western Wisconsin. The smoke extends south across parts of central/eastern Iowa, Missouri, most of Illinois (except for the NE sections), southern Indiana, western Kentucky/Tennessee and northern Arkansas. This area of smoke is moving ESE. The area of smoke is most likely from the fires burning across parts of Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas and southern Canada. Numerous fires burned yesterday with many of them emitting light to moderately dense smoke. J 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.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