DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z April 8, 2017
SMOKE: Central Plains An area of smoke from numerous fires over the Central Plains extended from portions of western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma north through western Missouri, eastern Kansas and into portions of southwest Iowa and southeastern Nebraska. Western Caribbean, Southern and Western Gulf of Mexico and Central Mexico: A large area of remnant smoke from fires over Mexico and Central America was extending from portions of Cuba west through the Yucatan and into the southern Gulf of Mexico where it then extended northwest through the western Gulf of Mexico and into portions of South Texas. The area of smoke also extended through central Mexico into portions of the Eastern Pacific. DUST: An area of blowing dust that originated from the Saharan Desert was seen over portions of the Western Caribbean and into Central America. Hanna 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