DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z April 13, 2016
SMOKE: Central and North Central US: A rather large area of thin density smoke leftover from yesterday's concentrated seasonal burning mainly over eastern and southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma was visible this morning spreading to the north and northeast stretching from eastern Kansas and western Missouri over southeastern Nebraska, Iowa, and southern Minnesota. The smoke then likely extended farther to the east over Wisconsin though cloudiness in this region interfered with additional information concerning the extent of the smoke. Current satellite imagery through late morning/early afternoon shows the seasonal burning increasing once again concentrated mainly over eastern Kansas with more smoke plumes forming. Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico: An area of thin density smoke from ongoing seasonal burning occurring over portions of Mexico and Central America was seen this morning moving to the north over the Bay of Campeche and western Gulf of Mexico. Cloudiness farther to the north over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico interfered with smoke detection in that region. 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