DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1815Z April 11, 2013
Central to Southern Plains: An area of aerosol could be seen along the back edge of an extensive area of clouds from northwestern Kansas southeast to northern Oklahoma, then southward across Oklahoma to eastern/central Texas before stretching further south/southwest over southern Texas/far northeast Mexico. This aerosol may be a mixture of dust particles, some from the deserts of northern Mexico/southern New Mexico and some from dust transported from Asia over the last week. The aerosol was moving east and southeast. Mid-Atlantic: An area of thin smoke could be seen just off of the Mid-Atlantic coast drifting slowly eastward. This smoke is likely from fires in the Southeast US, North Carolina, and Virginia yesterday. Gulf of Mexico: A large area of thin to moderate density smoke was seen from Central America stretching northwest and then northward across the Yucatan Peninsula and into the central Gulf. Other thin smoke was observed in the western and southwestern Gulf. Sheffler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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