DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015Z April 4, 2012
Southeast Atlantic Coast: An area of mostly light smoke remained near a frontal boundary this evening off the South/North Carolina coast. The smoke has shown a gradual expansion to the east during the afternoon and evening. Light smoke may also extend inland across South Carolina but cloud cover is inhibiting detection. This is most likely remnant smoke from the fires in the Midwest the past few days. Gulf of Mexico: Remnant light smoke from the seasonal burning in Central America continued to be seen in the western Gulf of Mexico this evening. Compared to yesterday there was a slight shift east of the eastern extent of the smoke. The eastern edge now extended from near the northeast tip of the Yucatan to the southeast tip of Louisiana and covered nearly all of the Gulf west of this. Cloud cover over east Texas and northern Louisiana is preventing the detection of the northern extent of the smoke. Ruminski 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