DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0240Z April 21, 2017
SMOKE: Florida: The wildfire along the Georgia/Florida border continues to produce smoke that was observed traveling north west. Fires around Lake Okeechobee were seen producing smoke traveling west. A fire north of Ocala Florida was observed emitting smoke west into the Gulf of Mexico. Kansas: Multiple fires throughout the state were seen producing smoke that was traveling south to south west towards Texas. Bahamas: A large fire was observed in southern Great Abaco producing smoke that was traveling west towards Florida. Mexico: Fires along the border of Sonora and Chihuahua Mexico were producing moderate amounts of smoke traveling east towards Texas. AEROSOL: An area of aerosol was observed this evening off the central coast of Baja and extending into the Pacific. While the type of aerosol is somewhat uncertain, aerosol models suggest it is blowing dust from Asia. This area was slowly drifting south. -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