DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z May 9, 2013
Gulf of Mexico/Southern Florida: An expansive area of light-to-moderately dense remnant smoke was visible throughout much of the Gulf of Mexico extending southward across southern Mexico and Central America, likely associated with the numerous agricultural burns that have been taking place in Mexico over the past several days. The light remnant smoke extends over southern Florida then wraps clockwise around the surface high pressure. This area of smoke is slowly pushing eastward along the Louisiana coast as the high pressure moves east. The moderately dense smoke was seen hugging the eastern Mexico coastline as well as along the southwest coast near Guatemala, gradually extending northward towards southern Texas. Vogt 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