DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 16, 2017
SMOKE: Bahamas: Smoke from a fire in Grand Abaco was seen traveling south west towards Miami Florida. Florida: A fire in southern Florida east of Naples was observed producing smoke traveling due west. New Mexico: A wildfire in north east New Mexico was seen producing moderate amounts of smoke traveling due east into Texas. Georgia: A wildfire along the southern border continues to produce high amounts of smoke traveling north west. Another wildfire near Savannah Georgia was also observed producing moderate amounts of smoke traveling north west. Southern Gulf of Mexico: An area of very light density remnant smoke, possibly originating from past fires in Cuba and southeastern Mexico, was seen just north of the Yucatan Peninsula in satellite imagery this evening. -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