Thursday, April 28, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z April 28, 2016

SMOKE:
Southeast US Coast:
Remnant smoke from fires over the last few days in the Southeast US
and in Mexico, Central America, and Cuba could be seen this morning
along and off the coast of the Carolinas and just east of southeastern
Virginia. The smoke is being drawn northeastward by a surface low off
the Mid-Atlantic Coast.

Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Texas Coast/Louisiana/Mississippi:
An expansive area of thin to moderately dense residual smoke from
continued seasonal burning in portions of Mexico and Central America
is visible from the Bay of Campeche northward across the western and
central Gulf of Mexico into the Lower Mississippi River Valley and
along the Texas coastline.  This area of remnant smoke can be seen as
far north as southern Mississippi and as extends east off the coast of
the Florida Panhandle. Some cloud cover obscures the full extent of this
smoke across the Gulf Coast.

Southeastern Gulf of Mexico:
A patch of thin remnant smoke could be seen moving northwest from western
Cuba, likely from agricultural burning there over the past day or two.

DUST:
Mississippi River Valley/Central and Southern Plains:
Areas of remnant elevated dust could be seen this morning over parts of
Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. Much
of this dust seems to have come from northern Mexico, southern New Mexico,
and western Texas one to two days ago.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.