DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z May 07, 2012
Smoke: Florida into the Atlantic: The County Line fire and another fire near Baldwin (west of Jacksonville) continued to produce smoke plumes this evening. The smoke was mainly light density. Northern Mexico and Texas: Fires continued to burn throughout the day in Mexico in Coahuila, southern Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa states. Smoke plumes extended east of the fires but heavy cloud cover prevented the detection of the smoke's leading edge. Louisiana: Numerous fires in West Feliciana, Concordia and Avoyelles Parishes produced localized areas of moderately dense smoke. These detached areas of smoke moved to the northwest by sunset. Blowing dust: Sonora and Arizona: Blowing dust at the surface, originating in Sonora (Mexico) west of the city of Caborca, began around 06/2115Z. This dust moved the northeast and entered the United States in Arizona around Santa Cruz and Pima Counties. The dust crossed the border around 07/0115Z which was just before sunset. Pacific Coast and Mountain West: An aloft aerosol, most likely Asian dust, was visible on satellite imagery around sunset along the West Coast. A denser area of this aerosol was viewed in Idaho and Montana and most likely moved south from Alberta during the day. 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