DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z March 18, 2011
Southern California to Central Plains: An area of aerosol, possibly blowing dust originated from East Asia, was seen off the southern California coast from Point Conception south into northern Baja. This area extended back to at least 125W and 25N in the East Pacific. An area of very thin aerosol was also seen tracking across Nebraska. It is likely that these two areas are connected but due to the thin nature of the aerosol and the light ground below the aerosol detection is difficult. Tennessee: A small patch of light remnant smoke was seen over south central Tennessee and drifting slowly to the north. Southeast Coast: Patchy areas of light remnant smoke were seen just off the Southeast coast from southeast North Carolina to Florida. There were two main areas, one extending from the southeast North Carolina coast through an area off the southern Georgia coast. A smaller area was seen along and off the central Florida coast near the Kennedy Space Center. 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. THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov