DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z May 3, 2017
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Northeast Mexico and southern Texas... A large area of light to moderately dense smoke from the ongoing seasonal fires in southeastern Mexico and Central America covered much of the western Gulf and adjoining areas of northeast Mexico. The smoke extended into southeast Texas but the northern extent was not easily discernible due to cloud cover over the region. Florida and adjoining waters... Remnant light to moderately dense smoke from the West Mims fire in the Okefenokee swamp had drifted south and was in an east/west orientation from the northeast Gulf of Mexico, across northern Florida and into the Atlantic. Northern Plains.... Remnant light smoke from agricultural burning in the southern Canadian Prairie provinces and the Dakotas had drifted south and was over eastern North Dakota and into far northwest Minnesota. Ruminski 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