DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 30, 2017
SMOKE Gulf of Mexico: A large area of light remnant smoke from the seasonal burning in Mexico and Central America was seen lifting north and covering most of the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico, west of 91W. The smoke was moving inland over coastal central and western Louisiana but quickly mixed with clouds prohibiting detection of how far north the smoke extends. Another area of very light remnant smoke was seen extending from the western portion of Cuba to the west northwest and slowly moving to the northwest. Florida: Multiple fires in the panhandle were producing light to moderate smoke that was traveling northeast. There were also several fires in around Lake Okeechobee producing light amounts of smoke traveling west to south west to north east. Mississippi: Fires in south east Mississippi were producing light to moderate smoke traveling north east. Cuba: Some fires in north Cuba near Havana and Matanzas were producing smoke that was traveling north west and may impact the Florida Keys. DUST: Remnant dust from the large dust storm over west Texas and northern Mexico last evening was now over far south and east Texas and extending into Mexico. The dust was mainly behind a line of convection moving to the coast. -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