DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0350Z May 14, 2017
SMOKE: Florida... Fires to the east and west of Lehigh Acres near Fort Myers were observed producing moderate amounts of smoke that was observed blowing north east. Georgia... The West Mims wildfire continues to burn and is suspected to be producing smoke but this could not be verified in Satellite imagery this evening due to heavy cloud cover. Midwest.... A light density area of remnant smoke from fires over the Northern Plains and South Central Canada extended from southern Michigan west southwest to Illinois. Fires in southern Minnesota and North Dakota were producing light amounts of smoke traveling north. Fires along the Canadian boarder in the Manitoba province were producing smoke plumes that were blowing west. Mexico... A large fire in northern Sonora was producing moderate amounts of smoke that was blowing north east into Arizona. Fires in north west Mexico were observed producing light to moderate smoke that is blowing north east towards Texas. Gulf of Mexico.... A large area of thin density smoke from fires in Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula extends from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of Florida southeast eastern portions of Mexico. A portion of this smoke axis also appeared to extend towards southern portions of Texas. DUST: Texas... Dust was observed blowing east near Comstock. New Mexico... Dust was observed blowing east off of the White Sands National Monument. -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