DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1545Z APRIL 22, 2009
New Mexico/Texas: Visible satellite imagery this morning showed an area of mainly thin smoke moving eastward across eastern and southeastern New Mexico into much of western Texas from Amarillo to southwestern Texas near the Big Bend. Much of this detached smoke is believed to be from an intense fire burning yesterday in central Socorro County of west central New Mexico. Northern Plains to Middle Mississippi Valley: A swath of haze extended from North Dakota and Minnesota southeastward to at least as far as the Middle Mississippi Valley. It is possible that some leftover remnant smoke from the large number of agricultural fires burning yesterday over Kansas and Oklahoma may be contributing to a portion of this haze. JS THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov