DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 13, 2011
Canada/North Central US: A broad area of thin smoke extends from central Saskatchewan south into Montana. This smoke is likely remnant from fires in the Central US and Saskatchewan. Southeast US Coast/Gulf of Mexico: A large area of thin to moderately dense smoke continues to cover much of Gulf of Mexico. The main source of this smoke is the fire in southeastern Georgia (Honey Prarie wildfire) in Okefenokee Swamp. Residual smoke from fires across Mexico and Central America is also likely contributing to the overall smoke across this region. Smoke originating in Central America is especially dominate in the western Gulf of Mexico. Atlantic Ocean: Remnant smoke from a wildfire in eastern North Carolina (Pains Bay) is present in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Carolinas and northern Florida. Myrga/Ramirez/Salemi 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