DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0157Z May 13, 2017
SMOKE: Atlantic Ocean extending west into the Southeast.... A large area of light density smoke extended from the central Atlantic Ocean from just south of Bermuda west towards the coast of the Southeast United States. The source of this smoke is the West Mims wildfire over far southern Georgia and fire activity over the Southeast over the past few days. Northern Plains.... An area of light density smoke from fire activity over the Northern Plains and South Central Canada, and even some contributions from fire activity over the Pacific Northwest, extended from northern Wisconsin, northern Minnesota and northeastern North Dakota west northwest through southwest Ontario and southern Manitoba. Upper Midwest to the Southern Plains.... An area of light density smoke extended from the upper Midwest near central Michigan and southern Wisconsin southwest through the Southern Plains to northern Texas. The source region of this smoke is believed to be a combination of fires over southern Canada and the Northern Plains along with fire activity over the Southern Plains and Mexico. Gulf of Mexico.... A large area of thin density smoke from fires in Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula extends from the northern Gulf of Mexico southwest to east and southeast Mexico. Georgia... The West Mims wildfire continues to burn creating moderate smoke plumes the were observed traveling east out into the Atlantic. Mexico... Fires in south west Chihuahua, north west Durango, and eastern Sinaloa were producing light to moderate amounts of smoke that was traveling north east towards Texas. -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