DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 12, 2013
Central US: A large area of smoke and perhaps blowing dust/sand remains to be visible over the central US. This area may contain remnant smoke from the large wildfires in CA and Asian dust. The area extends from the Great Plains through eastern Montana and the Dakotas south and east into Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. Another band of smoke is visible north of Texas on the southwest Oklahoma border. SE Gulf of Mexico: Remnant smoke from last night's agricultural fires in western Cuba is visible in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is visible from the north coast of Cuba moving north then west as far north as 26N between 82 and 85W. Oegerle Earlier: Gulf of Mexico: The large area of smoke over the Gulf of Mexico from agricultural burns in Mexico and Central America persists. Central US/Canada: A large area of smoke and perhaps blowing dust/sand is located over the central US. This area may contain remnant smoke from the large wildfires in CA and Asian dust. The area extends from southern Saskatchewan/Manitoba, through eastern Montana and the Dakotas south and east into Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. -Salemi 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