DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z April 30, 2016
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico: Light to moderately dense smoke was observed extending from the Gulf of Honduras northwestward across the Yucatan and into the Bay of Campeche and then turning more to the north across the western Gulf of Mexico toward the upper east Texas coast and southwest Louisiana. This smoke is associated with the extensive seasonal burning over Mexico and Central America. Extensive clouds along and off the TX/LA coast is preventing determination of the full extent of the smoke. There is also an area of light aerosol seen over much of southeast Texas. It is not certain if this is remnant smoke from Central America or possibly blowing dust that was noted in last evening's discussion. 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