DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z April 27, 2012
Smoke: Western Gulf of Mexico: Area of aerosols covering much of the western Gulf of Mexico. The aerosols are likely remnant smoke from numerous wildfires in southern Mexico over the past several days. Blowing Dust: Texas/New Mexico: Dust can be seen extending along the cold front from west central Texas, through northern Texas and into central Oklahoma. This dust is remnant from a large area that was kicked up last evening over portions of the SouthWest US. Smaller areas of new blowing dust are seen over east central New Mexico in the vicinity of Roosevelt/Curry counties as well as northern Texas near Bailey/Cochran counties. These dust plumes are extending to the east in the wake of the low pressure system moving through Kansas. Liddick 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