DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1400Z April 7, 2012
Florida: A large fire on the border of Columbia and Baker counties is generating moderately dense to dense smoke. This smoke extends over 450km SW Apalachicola and Tate's Hell Forests out into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Remnant, detached smoke from this fire is located in central Florida, extending from Polk County west into the Gulf of Mexico. This smoke is light to moderately dense. Gulf of Mexico: The area of light smoke in the western Gulf persists this morning. This is likely remnant from agricultural burns throughout Central America and Mexico. Central US: An area of unknown aerosols is moving southeast from southeastern Wyoming into northwestern Nebraska. This may be a combination of blowing dust and remnant smoke from a larger fire in south-central Colorado. -Salemi 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