DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 28, 2017
SMOKE: FLORIDA: Small plumes of smoke from fires around Lake Okeechobee were traveling due west. OKLAHOMA: Fires in central Oklahoma were producing smoke that was traveling due west towards the pan handle and Texas. NEBRASKA: Fires in central Nebraska were producing light plumes of smoke that are traveling north west. CHIHUAHUA MEXICO: Fires in central Chihuahua were producing smoke that was traveling north east towards Texas. GULF OF MEXICO: An area of large remnant light smoke spans across the western Gulf of Mexico was moving northward and originating from the Yucatan Peninsula region. DUST: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Dust is blowing south east from Edwards Airforce Base. -Westbrook 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