DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z May 11, 2013
Canada/North Central US: A thin density aerosol which may be remnant dust from Asia was visible during the late afternoon and early evening moving to the south and southeast across Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces of south central to southwestern Canada and into eastern Montana, North Dakota, and northern Minnesota. JS Earlier This Morning... Great Plains: An area of dust and smoke of light density is visible in satellite imagery ranging from Minnesota to Idaho. The smoke is remnant from the wildfires taking place in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and Alberta in previous days. The dust is most likely of Asian origin, traveling over the Pacific Ocean. A separate, smaller of band of dust of light density is visible in southeast Minnesota and and northern Iowa. Gulf of Mexico: A large area of smoke of light to moderate density is visible in satellite imagery ranging from Texas and the northern Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula. The smoke is due to the agricultural burns taking place in southern Mexico and Central America. Oegerle 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