DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z January 30, 2012
Eastern Gulf of Mexico/Florida: Some remnant smoke could still be seen sagging southward a bit this evening through the eastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of Florida. Also, a few fires through northern Florida (namely one in the vicinity of Osceola National Forest) have large smoke plume that are extending southward about 50-90 miles away from their point source. South Carolina/Georgia: Numerous fires were plotted in this region today and a few fires have large smoke plumes that are moving towards the southwest and mostly off the coast through portions of southeastern Georgia and eastern South Carolina. Belge Earlier Today: Western Gulf of Mexico/Texas: Several patches of thin to moderately dense smoke are present this morning over the western Gulf of Mexico drifting westward towards the Texas coast. This smoke is from several different fires that have been burning over for at least the past 24 hours along the coastline of Louisiana. In addition, another thin plume of smoke was seen over southeast Texas that could be from the multitude of fires there yesterday. Eastern Gulf of Mexico/Florida/Southeast US Coast: A plume of remnant smoke could be seen in this morning's GOES imagery extending from the eastern Gulf northeastward across Florida/southeast Georgia to the North Carolina coast. This remnant smoke is from the excessive agricultural burning and other fires across the Southeast US yesterday, especially in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Further northeast across the northwestern Atlantic, other aerosol is seen that could have some remnant smoke mixed in but is more likely elevated dust or other aerosol behind the frontal boundary. Sheffler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS 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.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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov