DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z April 9, 2018
SMOKE.... Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of Honduras: A layer of smoke was observed covering much of the Gulf of Mexico, the southern Yucatan Peninsula, and the Gulf of Honduras. The smoke forming this layer seems to have originated from fires throughout Mexico and Central America. Much of the smoke was seen moving off toward the northwest into these layers from Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula. Central Plains: Numerous smoke plumes of various density were seen across Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Arkansas were seen in satellite imagery this afternoon through broken cloud cover. Much of this smoke was moving off towards the southeast across Kansas, northern Arkansas and northern Oklahoma, while moving off toward the southwest across southern Oklahoma. Arizona/New Mexico: Three fires, one in central Arizona and two in western New Mexico, were observed emitting thick smoke plumes throughout much of the day today. This smoke was moving off toward the east. 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