DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 25 2017
SMOKE: CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS... Imagery this evening revealed remnant light density smoke from fires in northern Mexico. This smoke is being absorbed into a low pressure system over the central and southern plains and was last observed being pushed back south into Texas. CAROLINAS: Several fires in North and South Carolina were producing light amounts of smoke plumes that were traveling north to north east. BAY OF CAMPECHE... A broad swath of light density remnant smoke was detected this morning through satellite imagery. This smoke originated from fires in the northern Yucatan peninsula and from offshore oil and gas platforms in the eastern Bay of Campeche. DUST: There is perhaps some dust from yesterday mixed in with the above mentioned smoke from the northern Mexico fires that is traveling over the central and southern plains. -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