DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z May 06, 2012
Smoke: Florida into the Atlantic: The County Line fire and another fire near Baldwin (west of Jacksonville) were producing smoke plumes this morning along with remnant smoke that extended from the fires eastward at least 575km into the Atlantic. The smoke was mainly light density. Northern Mexico and Texas: Fires continued to burn through the night in Mexico in Coahuila, southern Chihuahua, Durango and Sinaloa states. Areas of light smoke were noted in the vicinity of the fires. However, there may also be remnant smoke over portions of south and central Texas but extensive cloud cover is hindering detection. Blowing dust: West Texas/Eastern New Mexico: Gusty northerly winds behind a cold front has produced an area of light blowing dust this morning mainly between Clovis NM and Plainview TX and extending to the south approaching Hobbs NM and Seminole TX. Wyoming to North Dakota: An area of what is believed to be long range dust transport from Asia was seen in a narrow band extending from southeast Wyoming through the Black Hills of South Dakota into southwest North Dakota. The aerosol was quite light. Alberta: Another area of what is believed to be long range dust transport from Asia (as per the Naval Research Lab aerosol forecast) was seen from the northeast corner of British Columbia and extending to the southeast down the east side of the Rockies into southern Alberta and then curling up to the north into northeast Alberta to the western end of Lake Athabasca. This was mainly light density aerosol, except for an area that was moderately dense in central Alberta. Ruminski THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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