DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z April 18, 2017
SMOKE: Central Plains... Agricultural burns located in the Central Plains are producing light density smoke that is traveling predominantly towards the Northwest. The majority of fires are located in Eastern Kansas and their smoke plumes blend together before moving into Southern Nebraska. Southeast... Fires along the Southeastern coast are producing light density smoke plumes that fan out while traveling up the coast in South Carolina. Gulf of Mexico... Remnant light density smoke was observed traveling East in the Northeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is believed to have originated from yesterday fires in Florida. A large area of light density smoke was seen to stretch from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico to the Bay of Campeche. The smoke is traveling towards the West and has not reach the eastern coast of Mexico. -Boll 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