DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z April 13, 2016
SMOKE: Central US: Significant seasonal burning took place today in eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, and southeast Nebraska this afternoon/evening producing a large amount of fresh smoke across the Central Plains. Southerly winds were driving moderately dense to dense smoke northward from the most intense burning areas in east Kansas northward across southeast Nebraska. Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/South Texas: An area of thin to moderately dense smoke was seen over a portion of the Bay of Campeche with thin smoke extending northeast and east across the central and southern Gulf of Mexico. Cloud cover moving east across the Gulf was obscuring the full extent of the smoke. Some additional thin smoke could be seen between areas of clouds over and just off the Texas coast as well as over far south Texas. The majority of this smoke is associated with the ongoing seasonal burning occurring across Mexico and Central America. Sheffler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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