DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z May 7, 2011
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas: Remnant light smoke was seen in this morning's satellite imagery tracking east to east southeast across eastern CO, eastern NM and into KS, OK and northern TX. This smoke mostly originating from a large wildfire that has been burning for several days in northern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico. Other sources for this area are agricultural fires across a large portion of Mexico. Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Coast USA: An area of remnant light smoke with embedded elongated area of moderately dense smoke is seen tracking south to southeast off the east coast of GA and FL. A smaller patch of light smoke was seen moving southwest off the coast of FL into eastern Gulf of Mexico. These areas of smoke are remnant from the wildfire that continues to burn near the FL/GA border and the wildfire in extreme eastern NC. Earle 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