DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z April 29, 2016
SMOKE: Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/West Texas: An elongated area of smoke extends from the agricultural burning areas of the Yucatan and Honduras northwestward into the southwest Gulf of Mexico in the Bay of Campeche reaching just off the extreme southern tip of Texas near Brownsville. At this point clouds obscure the ability to detect smoke further north and west. There is a core area of moderately dense to dense smoke from the south central Bay of Campeche northwest to where it becomes obscured by clouds. A patch of light smoke was also detected over west Texas from roughly San Angelo to Childress and vicinity. This area of smoke originated from Mexico and Central America. It is possible that additional smoke is over much of south and east Texas, connecting to the expansive smoke area in the Gulf of Mexico, but clouds hinder detection in this area. Ruminski 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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