DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z March 20, 2015
UPDATED AND RETRANSMITTED FOR SMOKE CORRECTION AEROSOLS: Midwest: Two bands of unknown aerosols (possibly sulfates) moving eastward from Minnesota and Iowa into Wisconsin and Illinois. Plumes first observed in GOES-W imagery at 1300Zand continue until1600Z. SMOKE: Florida/Atlantic Ocean: A large plume of light density smoke was visible off the eastern Florida coast into the Atlantic Ocean this morning. The smoke extends from Cape Canaveral to Lake Okeechobee. The smoke originates from the agricultural burns taking place in Florida, notably around Lake Okeechobee. Oegerle 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