DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z December 4, 2012
South Central and Southeastern US: Quite a few fires were detected across the South Central and Southeastern US during the day but only a small number of these fires had smoke plumes which were visible in satellite imagery. Cloudiness across the region likely prevented additional smoke detection. Northwestern Texas: A patch of thin density blowing dust was seen moving to the east over the area stretching from near Lubbock to Wichita Falls. Gusty winds along a frontal boundary in the area likely kicked up the dust. JS Earlier This Morning... Florida/Gulf of Mexico: Two areas of thin remnant smoke could be seen moving westward over the central and eastern portions of the Gulf of Mexico this morning. This smoke is believed to be from agricultural burning that has been taking place south of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida for the past several days. 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