DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1632Z April 3, 2018
SMOKE: Southeast... Numerous fires were observed in satellite imagery from Florida into North Carolina, many of which were producing smoke. The smoke from these fires was moving clockwise around high pressure off the Atlantic coast. Southern Plains... A few fires in Texas, Oklahoma, and far southeastern Colorado were observed producing smoke this morning. The smoke from these fires was moving south in the wake of a cold frontal passage. DUST: Tropical Atlantic... An expansive area of Saharan Dust was observed moving westward across the tropical Atlantic. This dust layer was moving west towards the Caribbean Sea and the Windward Islands. Eastern New Mexico and Northwestern Texas... A cold front moving south across the southern plains was kicking up some dust this morning. The blowing dust was observed along the cold front and moving south with the cold front. -Hosley 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