DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z APRIL 24, 2009
South Carolina: Moderately dense to very dense smoke continued to pour from the large wildfire near Myrtle Beach, SC this evening spreading out to the east and southeast from the fire. The last few visible satellite images of the day also showed some light smoke lifting northward into extreme southern NC. Florida: The large fire in south Florida was still producing moderately dense to very dense smoke that was seen spreading westward into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Texas/Oklahoma: Earlier remnant light smoke observed over parts of Texas and Oklahoma has started to dissipate and became mixed with clouds as it moved eastward in this evening's visible satellite imagery. Kansas/Colorado/Nebraska: The earlier light smoke in east Colorado and southwest Kansas had dissipated this afternoon. Small agricultural fires contributed to numerous smoke plumes across east Kansas resulting in light to medium density smoke across the eastern part of the state and into southeast Nebraska. Coastal Texas: A large area of thin smoke that originated from the large number of fires over Mexico was moving northward out of the Western Gulf of Mexico and into the coastal regions of Texas. -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