DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z April 29, 2017
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico... A large area of light to moderately dense smoke was visible over the entire Western Gulf this evening in satellite imagery. The smoke is likely a conglomerate of remnant smoke originating from ongoing seasonal burning in southeastern Mexico and Central America. The smoke is predominately moving towards the north-northwest and into Southeastern Texas. East Coast.... Remnant smoke from the seasonal burning in Mexico and Central America as well as from the West Mims fire was seen this evening off much of the Southeast Coast extending from northern Florida to the Carolinas and then out and over the Atlantic Ocean. DUST: An area of dust was visible off much of the Western Coast of California moving towards the Southwest. The NASA/GMAO 2D model indicated the dust originated from Asia. -Boll 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