DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z March 18 2017

SMOKE:
SOUTHEASTERN US/EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...
NUMEROUS FIRES ALONG WITH MANY PRIMARILY THIN DENSITY SMOKE PLUMES WERE
ANALYZED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN US WITH SOME OF THE SMOKE
PLUMES MERGING TO FORM LARGER PATCHES. SMOKE FROM SOME OF THE FIRES
IN FLORIDA MOVED WESTWARD AND WELL OFF THE COAST OVER THE EASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO. FROM THERE, THE REMNANT SMOKE SPREAD NORTHWARD MAKING BACK
INLAND OVER A PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

BAY OF CAMPECHE/WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...
THIN DENSITY SMOKE FROM SEASONAL FIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO ALONG
WITH SMOKE FROM OIL RIGS IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MOVED TO THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
AND THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO.




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.