DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z April 12, 2011
Gulf of Mexico: A frontal boundary is moving an area of light to moderate smoke away from the Texas coast and into the Gulf of Mexico. However, a majority of the northern Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana through Florida is still covered in an aerosol, which is believed to be light smoke. A thin line of moderate smoke is also moving westward, from Louisiana to Texas along the coast. It is highly probable this smoke is from the wildfires in Texas, along with prescribed and agricultural burns along the Gulf Coast states and Central America. Atlantic Ocean: A broad area of light aerosol, which is thought to be light smoke, is visible over the Atlantic Ocean off of the Florida coast. The source of this smoke is probably from the agricultural burns in the southeastern United States, Bahamas and Cuba. Myrga 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