DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z April 03, 2011
Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida/Bahamas: A very large area of mostly light with some moderate smoke remains across the entire northern Gulf of Mexico this evening. The smoke can be seen stretching from the Bahamas across most of Florida and back into western/central Texas and even into parts of central Oklahoma. This continues to be remnant smoke from the numerous agricultural burns through Mexico and Central America. Central Plains: Due to the numerous fires in this region of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma today and the past several days, an area of light smoke can be seen in this region in this evening's satellite imagery. More moderate smoke can be seen stretching from northern Oklahoma and into eastern Kansas associated with these fires burning in that region this evening. This area of smoke can be seen moving to the north around the ridge of high pressure that is located over the Gulf coast states. Northern Mexico/Southern Texas: The fires that have been burning for the past few weeks through northern Coahuila, Mexico have a rather large area of moderate and heavy smoke moving toward the northeast and reaching into parts of southern/southeast Texas near Crystal City this evening. Western Tennessee: An area of moderate smoke can be seen moving eastward from northeastern Arkansas/southeastern Missouri into portions of western Tennessee this evening from a fire that was burning near Bennett, MO or the southern part of the Peck Ranch Conservation area in southern Missouri. Belge Earlier Today: Southeast: Thin area of remnant smoke likely from fires in the plans seen from southern Arkansas through central Mississippi/Alabama and ending in central Georgia. Liddick 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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