DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z June 14 2016
SMOKE: Southern Plains: An area of light density remnant smoke was seen across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles as well as western Kansas. This area of smoke was traveling towards the northeast and originated from a wildfire named North in New Mexico and another wildfire in Arizona named Jack. Gulf of Mexico: An area of light density smoke could be seen drifting north-northwest from seasonal burns in southeastern Mexico including the Yucatan Peninsula into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and amalgamating with emissions from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche. US Southeast: An area composed of several different aerosols but likely composed primarily of light density residual smoke was seen in Georgia, South Carolina and into North Carolina to where it moves off the coast into the Atlantic. Any smoke in this mix is mostly attributed to numerous agricultural fires that are occurring in southeast Missouri, eastern Arkansas and western Mississippi. -Cronin 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