DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z April 28, 2012
Smoke: Western Gulf of Mexico and East Texas: Light remnant smoke in this area is likely but has become diffuse and mixed with some clouds in the area is difficult to discern in early morning visible imagery. It is likely that the smoke will become better defined in later in the afternoon and evening when more favorable sun viewing angles will prevail. West Texas/Northern Mexico: An active fire in Jeff Davis county in west Texas had a plume of light to moderately dense smoke this morning that was drifting to the southeast near Marfa . Another fire in central Coahuila state in northern Mexico was generating a plume of mostly light smoke extending to the north. Remnant light smoke detached from its source was also noted along the Rio Grande in the vicinity of Laredo. Uncertain aerosol: Lake Superior to New York: An elongated swath of aerosol was seen this morning from the northern and eastern shore of Lake Superior and extending to the southeast across Ontario and along the Ontario/Quebec border into northern New York. This is likely long range transport from Asia but the composition is uncertain. The Naval Research Lab aerosol forecast model suggests this is dust, while a NASA model is suggesting smoke. Ruminski 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