DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z April 4 2014
Western Gulf of Mexico/Western Caribbean: Smoke from seasonal agricultural burning in southern Mexico and Central America covers much of the western Gulf of Mexico this evening, mostly west of 89W. It extends from the Bay of Campeche northward towards the Texas Gulf Coast and southern Louisiana coast. Clouds inhibited detection of smoke east of 89W so could not determine how far east it has traveled. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Coasts/Atlantic Ocean: An area of thin remnant smoke was still visible today stretching from the northeastern coast of Florida northeast along the Eastern Seaboard to just off the coast of New Jersey where it disappeared beneath clouds along a frontal boundary. This smoke is from the numerous agricultural fires that have occurred over the past several days in the southeastern U.S. Vogt Miller 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 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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