DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z May 28, 2016
SMOKE Gulf of Mexico: Thin smoke was analyzed over the western Gulf of Mexico. It appears the smoke originated from agricultural burns in Mexico and from the Yucatan. The full extent of the smoke may reach into far south Texas; however, the northern most extent of the smoke is obscured by cloud coverage. CANADA An area of thin to moderate residual smoke from the Fort McMurray wildfires was analyzed in Saskatchewan and was observed traveling to the north on satellite imagery. DUST North central Texas Dust appears to be emanating from northwest Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona. The dust spreads toward north central Texas, across Oklahoma and reaches into south central Kansas. ~Sandusky 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