DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015 April 3, 2010
Southeast: A broad area of remnant smoke from previous days fires in the Southeast was seen near sunset over southeast North Carolina, covering much of the eastern two thirds of South Carolina and the eastern half of Georgia. This was mixing in with smoke from todays fires over the region. There was also a patch of light smoke seen over the western Atlantic about 150 km east of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts. A fire north of Tampa Bay had a smoke plume that became detached and drifted to the west and northwest out over the Gulf of Mexico. By sunset it was approaching the Florida coast east of Apalachicola. Gulf of Mexico: The area of smoke seen earlier today lifting north over the western Gulf has become obscured by clouds. But it is likely continuing to drift north ahead of a frontal system and will be approaching the Louisiana coast. Ruminski 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.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 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