DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z May 3, 2010
Western and Central Gulf of Mexico/Western Texas/Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama/Western Florida Panhandle: Light to isolated moderate smoke from fires in Mexico continued to cover much of the western Gulf and Bay of Campeche and stretched northward along frontal boundary into the Central Gulf Coast states. Widespread cloud cover along frontal boundary prevented a more detailed analysis over the Gulf Coast states. Eastern Gulf of Mexico: An area of aerosols was continuing to push north across the eastern Gulf and into the Florida Panhandle/Southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. This area can be traced southeastward into the central Caribbean. The predominant aerosol is believed to be African dust. Hanna 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