DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z March 22 2017
SMOKE: Southern Plains/Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley/Southeast: A large amount of burning across the above mentioned region with many of the fires most likely agricultural in nature producing light to moderately dense smoke plumes. Across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana the smoke is heading toward the northeast with some emitting moderately dense plumes. As you move eastward over Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina smoke is moving toward the east with fires in South Carolina, the smoke is moving quite far into the Atlantic. One of the larger fires (wildfire) is located in southern Collier county in southwest Florida. This wildfire is producing a tremendous amount of moderately dense smoke toward the west into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Also, some larger burning fires are located along the Florida Panhandle and the coast of Alabama and Mississippi. Also, along the South Carolina coast. Offshore Southeast United States to the Northeast Gulf of Mexico: An area of remnant smoke from fires over the Southeast United States and southern Plains is extending from just offshore of the Carolinas southwest through northern Florida and into the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Also, a large area of residual smoke from fires burning in the Yucatan Peninsula extends northward from the Bay of Campeche to offshore southeast Texas. J Kibler 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