DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 16, 2010
Eastern Plains/Southern Mid-West/Southeast US: Light residual smoke from fires in the central Plains yesterday was seen stretching all the way from Missouri/Arkansas eastward and southward in this morning's satellite imagery. The plume remains very visible just off the Gulf coast of FL/LA/AL/MS and off the southeast coast into the Atlantic. The plume starts to get a bit more moderate off the mid-Atlantic coast from the Delmarva southward to off the coast of South Carolina and is moving eastward. Canada and the Northern Great Plains: A plume of unknown origin and composition was seen stretching from northern Alberta southeastward into North Dakota and Minnesota. Plume seems to be moving eastward along the top of the surface ridge that is currently over the western Great Plains. -Belge 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