DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z April 2, 2016
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico: A large area of mainly thin density smoke was visible spreading to the north and northeast over the Bay of Campeche and the central to north central Gulf of Mexico. The smoke may extend farther to the north and inland over the central Gulf coast region but cloudiness in that location hindered additional information concerning the smoke from satellite imagery. The source of this smoke is the ongoing seasonal burning occurring over portions of Mexico and Central America. Western and Southwestern Florida: Thin density smoke from fires burning in Cuba moved to the north likely grazing the southwestern and western portions of the Florida peninsula. Central US: A concentrated area of seasonal fires over southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma were responsible for a patch of mainly thin density smoke which moved to the southeast during the day across southeastern Kansas, northeastern Oklahoma, and northwestern Arkansas. JS 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