DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1530Z April 29, 2012
Smoke: Western Gulf of Mexico and Texas: Smoke is not discernible in satellite imagery this morning over the western Gulf of Mexico. It is likely that there is an area of thin density smoke that is not detectable due to unfavorable sun viewing angle and the lack of a sharp boundary to the smoke edge. There is also likely remnant smoke from large fires that have been burning for days in Jeff Davis county in West Texas and in Coahuila state in northern Mexico. However, extensive cloud cover over much of Texas and northern Mexico is hindering smoke detection. Uncertain aerosols: Ontario and Lake Superior: A very thin haze of uncertain aerosols, likely emanating from Asia, is seen this morning in a narrow band across eastern Lake Superior and extending back to the northwest across Lake Nipigon. East Coast: A narrow swath of very thin aerosol was also seen extending off the East Coast from southern New Jersey. This area was about 80km wide and reached as far east as a point approximately 150km south of the southwest tip of Nova Scotia. 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