DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z April 4, 2018
SMOKE: Southeast US: Numerous agricultural/prescribed fires were observed in satellite imagery from Florida north into North Carolina, many of which were producing smoke. Smoke is light to moderately dense and is mostly moving in a NE-ly direction. Western Gulf of Mexico: Light to moderately dense smoke was seen moving north along the western Gulf of Mexico and towards the Texas coast. The smoke is coming from fires burning across eastern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. DUST: Northeastern New Mexico and Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle:. Blowing dust was seen moving south across parts of southeast New Mexico and southwest Texas and connected with a cold front moving across the region. Another area of dust can be seen moving south across the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle and northeast New Mexico. 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. -J Kibler 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