DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z March 10, 2013
Dust/Sand: S Texas/Coahuila: An area of remnant dust/sand is captured in early visible satellite images from GOES-WEST across eastern portions of the Mexican state of Coahulia and also portions of southern Texas, along the Texas/Coahulia border. This area of remnant dust is drifting to the south-southwest. There were several areas of blowing dust/sand triggered by yesterday's strong winds across NM/west TX/northern Mexico and it is believed that this area seen this morning is likely a component of what is leftover from that event. Smoke: Western Gulf of Mexico: A rather expansive area of thin smoke is seen encompassing nearly the entire western one-third of the Gulf of Mexico. Area of smoke is moving northward and appears to have originated from numerous fires that were and continue to burn across southern Mexico, including the Yucatan peninsula. 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