DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z April 17, 2011
East Coast/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Central Plains: A narrow band of remnant smoke stretches from off the coast near Cape Hatteras along the frontal boundary, southward through south/central Florida and back into the Gulf of Mexico where the smoke actually encompasses most of the Gulf. The remnant smoke then stretches back northward through Louisiana/Mississippi and up into Missouri and back through central/eastern Texas. Areas of moderately dense smoke can be seen through portions of eastern and northeastern Texas as well as moving into southeastern Oklahoma and into Arkansas. The large area of light, remnant smoke is from the continued numerous fires burning through Mexico and Central America and the wildfires through Texas and northern Mexico. Additionally, numerous agricultural burns continue through eastern Kansas that is adding to the remnant smoke that is all rotating around the High pressure currently situated over the southeast. Belge 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