DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1930Z September 7, 2016
SMOKE: California: The Gap Fire in far northern California continues to emit light to moderate density smoke which spread to the south. Farther to the south, a smaller patch of light density smoke from the ongoing Soberanes Fire in Monterey County near the coast was visible heading to the south and offshore. Illinois: Light density remnant smoke is visible in southern portion of Illinois. The full extent of the smoke is obscured due to heavy cloud coverage. DUST: Southern Texas/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan/Caribbean/Cuba/Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands: A large area of most likely Saharan dust continues to be visible now moving west and covering the area from southern Texas/northern Mexico across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche as well as Cuba and the Caribbean. Farther to the east, a narrow swath of likely Saharan dust was moving to the east and once again appeared to be over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and extended to the east and southeast over the Lesser Antilles. Kemal 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