DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z April 27, 2013
Smoke: Florida/Southeast: Numerous fires along the west coast and panhandle of Florida are producing long line of light smoke with some stretching well into the Gulf of Mexico. Additional fires across Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi are producing areas of mostly light smoke with some moderate sections seen in imagery. Dust: Earlier Today Mid-Atlantic Coast: Blowing dust is visible in satellite imagery in light density on the east coast of the US. The dust ranges from Massachusetts to North Carolina. The presence of the dust is due to traveling dust over the Pacific Ocean from Asia. NAAPS Aerosol models display a gradual movement of traveling dust from Asia over the last few days. Currently: The blowing dust now extends into the Atlantic and continues to move eastward. The southern edge of the dust stretching across the Mid Atlantic region is getting difficult to locate in GOES-13 imagery. J Kibler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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 DEPECTION 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.html KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov