DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z February 22, 2013
Gulf of Mexico: A large area of remnant smoke from fires in Mexico and Central America could be seen over the western Gulf of Mexico this evening streaming northward. The remnant smoke extended to the southeastern tip of Louisiana before it mixed with clouds that obscured the region. Western Cuba/Straits of Florida: Smoke and possibly other unknown aerosol appeared to be streaming northwestward from the western portion of Cuba passing just to the southwest of the Florida Keys. Central Texas: Blowing dust was seen this evening in two separate areas of Texas associated with high winds from a potent storm system moving across the Central Plains. One area was over central Texas and the other was over the southern portion of the Texas Panhandle. Sheffler 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