DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z April 8, 2012
Florida: The large fire along the border of Columbia and Baker counties continues to emit dense smoke. The smoke is currently extending to the north and west effecting northern Florida, southeastern Georgia and southern South Carolina. Gulf of Mexico: There are two separate areas of detached smoke in the Gulf. Both of these areas are from the fire in northeastern Florida. One area is south of pan handle of Florida and the other is south of western Louisiana. The plume near Florida contains light to moderately dense smoke while the plume further west contains only light smoke. Central US: A large area of what is likely blowing dust transported from Asia can be seen in visible imagery over the central portion of the US. The area extends from eastern Wyoming and Colorado, east through the northern/central plains and reaches Wisconsin and Illinois. -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