DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z April 26, 2017
SMOKE: SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA/NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA... Fires in the Okefenokee Swamp continue to burn. Smoke plumes ranging from light to heavy density are observed East of the Swamp in Georgia and over Jacksonville, Florida. The large plume remains attached and extends East out and over the Atlantic Ocean. WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO/BAY OF CAMPECHE... A large area of thin density smoke attributed to the ongoing seasonal fires occurring in southeastern Mexico and Central America was visible over the Bay of Campeche and the Western Gulf of Mexico. Thin density smoke plumes are also observed off the northeastern coast of Cuba. DUST: SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS... Strong winds in the Southwestern US are producing blowing dust that is visible in satellite imagery this evening. The dust covers much of New Mexico's Southern border while being carried East and into Western Texas. -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