DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z March 16, 2013
US Eastern Seaboard: An area of light smoke is located off the east coast of the US from South Carolina to central Florida. The smoke is likely remnant from previous days agricultural burns throughout most of the southeastern US. The smoke is moving to the east. Gulf of Mexico: An area of unknown aerosols is located of the central-western coast of Florida into the central Gulf of Mexico. This may also be associated with the agricultural fires throughout the southeastern US. Arkansas: There are two fires is central-western Arkansas that are generating light to moderately dense smoke which is moving to the northeast. Texas: Two fires in eastern Texas are emitting light to moderately dense smoke which is moving the northeast. Mississippi: In southern Mississippi, several fires are producing light to moderately dense smoke which is traveling to the northeast. -Salemi 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