DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z April 27, 2012
Cloud cover prevented smoke and blowing dust detection across the nation except for the following: Florida/Southeast Coast: An elongated ribbon of smoke seen in this morning's satellite imagery moving across North/Central Florida and off of the southeast coast mostly dissipated by sunset. The source point for this seems to be from possibly one fire in particular that was burning yesterday and last night near the Apalachicola National Forest. Upper-Midwest/Southern Ontario: An area of aerosol, which is likely Asian dust, moved southeastward through central/southern Ontario and into portions of the upper-Midwest. By late in the afternoon, this aerosol appeared to be wrapped in a vortex which moved over Lake Superior. Blowing Dust in the United States: Texas/New Mexico/Chihuahua: Strong winds created a large area of blowing sand/dust this evening. Sand and dust particles from White Sands, NM moved northeast and into Guadalupe and Torrance Counties (NM) by sunset. Dust originating in northern Chihuahua (Mexico) moved into Luna, Dona Ana and Otero Counties in New Mexico along with El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in extreme western Texas. This area of dust moved to the east by sunset. Arizona: An aerosol, which is believed to be blowing dust, originated in Sonora (Mexico) this evening and entered Arizona in Santa Cruz County. California: An aerosol,which is believed to be blowing dust, originated in Imperial County, CA west of the Salton Sea and moved to the east by sunset. An additional area of blowing dust was observed in San Bernandino County and moved to the northeast, staying within California. Myrga THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov