DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2015Z APRIL 23, 2009
South Carolina: The large fire near Myrtle Beach, SC was seen producing light to moderate density smoke this morning in GOES-12 satellite imagery, which had spread northeastward early this morning towards Morehead City, NC. Around 16Z the smoke appeared to rise above the surface winds and spread more easterly. Florida: A large area of light to moderate density smoke was seen west of south Florida this morning spreading westward. A fire in central Collier county began producing additional smoke which has gotten thicker as the day has progressed. This moderate to very thick smoke is moving westward into the Gulf of Mexico. Texas/Oklahoma: Remnant smoke from a large fire yesterday in western New Mexico has drifted eastward and was seen in morning satellite imagery over central to east Texas and also over southern Oklahoma. Colorado/Kansas: An area of light smoke was seen over east Colorado and southwest Kansas this morning. The origin of this smoke was undetermined. -Sheffler THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov