DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 28, 2017
SMOKE: Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche... A north-south oriented swath of thin density aerosol was visible this morning over the western Gulf of Mexico extending southward over the Bay of Campeche. It is believed that at least a portion of this aerosol was composed of smoke from seasonal burning occurring in southeastern Mexico and Central America and from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche. Southeastern Gulf of Mexico... A narrow region of leftover thin density smoke from earlier seasonal fire activity over Cuba was seen moving to the west off the northwest coast of Cuba. North Texas: Wildfires south east of Amarillo TX are producing moderate amounts of smoke that is traveling north east. Florida: Fires south of Lake Okeechobee are producing light smoke that is traveling north west across the lake. Cuba: Fires in north west Cuba are producing light smoke plumes that are traveling north west into the Gulf of Mexico. This smoke has the possibility to travel into the United States. -Westbrook 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