Saturday, April 29, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 29, 2017

SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Texas/Louisiana...
A large mass of thin to moderately dense smoke from the ongoing seasonal
fires occurring in southeastern Mexico and Central America was visible
this morning covering the Bay of Campeche and the western half of
the Gulf of Mexico as well as southern and southeastern Texas and
southwestern Louisiana. The smoke very well may extend farther inland
to the north but cloudiness is preventing smoke detection in this area
from satellite imagery.

South and North Carolina/Southeastern Virginia/Western Atlantic....
Possible remnant smoke from the seasonal burning in Mexico and Central
America as well as from the West Mims fire was seen this morning extending
from the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia northeastward to well off
the Mid-Atlantic coast.

DUST:
Southwestern US/Northwestern Mexico/Eastern Pacific...
A thin density aerosol which is possibly composed at least in part
by remnant blowing dust could be seen over the Pacific off the coast
of southern California and over portions of Baja and northwestern
Mexico. Widespread cloudiness across New Mexico and western Texas is
preventing dust detection in that region from satellite imagery.

JS


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.