DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z March 1, 2016
SMOKE: Southeast Coast/Western Atlantic: A moderately sized area of thin remnant smoke can be seen extending northeastward along the coast of the Southeastern US from far southeast Georgia to just east of North Carolina. This smoke is from the large amount of agricultural burning in the Southeast yesterday. Western Gulf: An area of aerosol believed to be remnant smoke can be seen over the western Gulf of Mexico starting to be overrun by cloud cover. This smoke may be from some fires in Texas yesterday but it is also likely that smoke from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche makes up a large portion of the composition. Florida Panhandle: A small patch of thin smoke could be seen drifting northeast across the Florida Panhandle towards southwest Georgia. This smoke is most likely from several fires that were seen producing smoke in the Florida Panhandle/southwest Georgia yesterday. Sheffler 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