DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z May 10, 2012
Eastern Dakotas/Minnesota: Numerous smoke plumes were evident in satellite imagery moving off to the north-northeast from many fires which were analyzed across the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota. Southern Florida/Cuba: Thin density remnant smoke was visible again during the day extending from western Cuba northward over a portion of the Florida Keys and extreme southern Florida. It is believed that this is remnant smoke from fires in Cuba. Texas/Western Gulf of Mexico: The area of mostly thin density remnant smoke which was observed across portions of southeast Texas offshore over the western Gulf of Mexico earlier this morning was still visible during the late afternoon and evening. It is likely that area of remnant smoke covers more area over the Gulf of Mexico, southern Texas, and northern Mexico, but cloudiness in the region interfered with additional smoke detection. This area of smoke is likely from numerous fires burning in the Yucatan, Central America, and northwestern Mexico. JS Earlier This Morning... Central Plains: An area of remnant thin dust is seen this morning stretching from eastern Colorado southeast across Kansas, northern half of Oklahoma before becoming more east-northeast across southern Missouri, northern Arkansas and into southern Illinois. It is believed that this aerosol originated from Asia. It is seen drifting slowly toward the south and east. Southwest U.S./Northwest Mexico: Relatively small area of unknown aerosol is seen swirling in a counterclockwise spin over portions of southwest Arizona/northwest Mexican state of Sonora. Aerosol may be dust from Asia. Warren 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