DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0340Z March 5, 2018
SMOKE: Southeast/Gulf Coast... Numerous thin with a few moderately thick plumes from seasonal fires covered significant portions of South Carolina to central Louisiana. Plumes were moving south-southwest over South Carolina and Georgia, turning more west and northwest over southern Alabama/Mississippi into Louisiana. South Florida... Wildfires continue over portions of Picayune Strand State Forest, Big Cypress Reservation, and the Everglades Nation Park. Large thin to moderately thick plumes from these fires are moving southwest to the Keys. DUST: New Mexico/Texas... Areas of blowing dust on strong west-southwest flow were detected this afternoon and early evening over southeastern New Mexico and far western Texas. Konon 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