DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 24 2017
SMOKE: Southern Florida/Southeastern Gulf of Mexico... Localized moderately dense to thick smoke was visible this morning close to the ongoing wildfire burning in southern Collier County of southwestern Florida. Thinner density leftover smoke from this fire could be seen spreading to the west and southwest and offshore over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Northern Florida/Northeastern Gulf of Mexico... A patch of thin density leftover smoke attributed to recent regional fire activity in the Southeast (primarily across southern Georgia and northern Florida) was visible over a portion of northern Florida and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. North Carolina: A large fire on the east coast of North Carolina is producing moderate smoke traveling south along the coast Oklahoma/Arkansas: Multiple fires in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas were producing light to moderate smoke plumes that were traveling north. Mississippi/Alabama: Fires in Mississippi and Alabama were producing light to moderate amounts of smoke traveling north west. Mexico: Large fires in central Chihuahua Mexico are producing moderate amounts of smoke traveling north east into Texas. Yucatan: Vast amounts of remnant smoke from multiple fires in the Yucatan was visible off the west coast of the Yucatan in satellite imagery. DUST: New Mexico... Satellite imagery this evening showed a blowing dust event with dust observed spreading north east from White Sands in south central New Mexico. Mexico Dust was observed blowing north east out of northern Chihuahua Mexico into Texas. -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