DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z March 15, 2013
Southeastern US: A plethora of fires across the southeastern US states today have produced many areas of light smoke. Two large areas of light remnant smoke could be seen extending southeastward from the Georgia/Carolinas into the Atlantic, while the other area extended from Mississippi/Alabama/Georgia into the Gulf of Mexico moving southward. Much of this smoke has likely intermixed with remnant smoke from yesterdays fires across the same region. Earlier Today: Gulf of Mexico: Two areas of thin remnant smoke are present over the northern Gulf of Mexico today. A small patch was seen to the east of southern Texas and a larger elongated area of smoke was seen moving southward from the coasts of northwest Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and southeast Louisiana. Numerous fires along the Gulf Coast yesterday which were producing smoke are the likely origin of this aerosol. Arkansas: A small patch of thin remnant smoke could be seen in morning GOES-W imagery moving northeast across central Arkansas. Numerous fires in the South Central US yesterday are the probable cause. Sheffler/Vogt 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