DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z March 27, 2012
Gulf of Mexico: Wildfires in northern Florida produced smoke which moved southward into the Gulf of Mexico. A brush fire near Tallahassee produced smoke - some of which traveled parallel to the Florida coast and neared Sarasota and Manatee Counties by sunset. A fire west of Pensacola produced smoke which moved to the southwest and neared extreme southeastern Louisiana by sunset. Ontario/New York: An area of moderately dense smoke continued to move slowly to the east across central/eastern Ontario. A narrow band of aerosol was observed from Syracuse to Rochester and further north into Lake Ontario. It is likely this is remnant smoke from the Midwest over the past week. Colorado: Blowing dust originated in several locations this evening in Colorado. In Pueblo County, dust began near the towns of Avondale and Boone. This dust moved northeast and reached Lincoln County, CO by sunset. Further to the west, blowing dust started in Alamosa and Saguache Counties. Dust from this area moved to the northeast and reached Morgan and Washington Counties by sunset. A wildfire in Jefferson County southwest of Denver produced a heavy smoke plume this evening. Smoke from this fire likely mixed with the above mentioned dust east of Denver. Kansas: Numerous agricultural fires were viewed on imagery this evening; however, cloud cover prevented smoke detection. It is likely that isolated areas of smoke can be present in the Kansas Flint Hills. Myrga 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