DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z April 15, 2018
SMOKE: Central and South Central US... Residual smoke activity can be observed originating from wildfires in Osage, Jackson, Dewey/Custer counties in Oklahoma, including moderate-density plume near those sources. The smoke is seen dispersing towards the southeast. A large light-density plume which detached from the wildfires in Oklahoma overnight is now trailing behind a low pressure system to the north and spreading over Mississippi, western Tennessee and Kentucky, and southern Illinois. Gulf of Mexico/Gulf Coast... A large plume consisting of remnant smoke from seasonal fires in Central America is covering much of the central and west Gulf waters. Additionally, a secondary plume of moderate-density smoke can be observed off the coast of Belize and Honduras. WS 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