DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z March 14 2016
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche: An area of thin remnant smoke was observed along an old frontal boundary from the southwest coast of Florida extending southwest to the Yucatan Peninsula/Bay of Campeche. The source of this smoke is fire activity over portions of central Mexico, the Yucatan, and Cuba. Southeast US: An area of thin remnant smoke extends from the east coast of Florida northeastward off/along the coasts of the Carolinas. This smoke may be from fires yesterday in Florida as well as possibly being from fires in Mexico/Cuba yesterday. North Central Texas: A small area of barely discernible smoke was observed in GOES-15 imagery over north central Texas moving eastward. This smoke is likely from fires yesterday in southeast Arizona, which has traveled east. DUST: Western and Northern Gulf: Aerosol seen over the western, northwestern, and north central Gulf of Mexico is believed to be elevated dust. This dust is traveling eastward with a strong upper low moving across Kentucky and Tennessee. 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