DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 25, 2017
SMOKE: SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA/NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA... Fires continue to burn in the Okefenokee Swamp with a swath of mainly thin density smoke seen in satellite imagery spreading to the east over southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida including the Jacksonville area and offshore over the Atlantic. Southern Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche... A region of mainly thin density smoke attributed to the ongoing seasonal fires occurring in southeastern Mexico and Central America was visible over the Bay of Campeche, the southern Gulf of Mexico, and a portion of the Caribbean. DUST: AREA FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS... Strong gusty winds were present over a broad area of the Southwestern US this morning. A couple of blowing dust observations were noted over southeastern California and near El Paso in far western Texas though detection of dust in satellite imagery was difficult at the present time due to some obstruction from weather clouds in the region. 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