DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2332Z April 10, 2018
SMOKE.... Central Plains: Copious amounts of fire activity from South Dakota into north Texas and western Missouri this afternoon produced varying densities of smoke this afternoon. By late in the afternoon, smoke plumes across eastern Kansas, western Missouri, and southwestern Iowa merged to form a larger region of thin to moderate density smoke. The smoke plumes were generally moving from west to east from South Dakota into western Oklahoma while those across central Oklahoma and eastern Kansas were moving from southwest to northeast. Southeastern CONUS: Many fires from the ArkLaTex into Alabama were observed emitting various density smoke plumes. Most smoke plumes were moving towards the south or south-southeast. Arizona/New Mexico: A couple of fires in north-central Arizona and western New Mexico were observed emitting various density smoke this afternoon. The two fires in New Mexico are the same that burned yesterday, with the one in northwestern New Mexico producing more dense smoke. A few new fires in Arizona join the fire observed yesterday, with the newer fires producing more smoke than yesterday's fire. All this smoke was seen moving eastward this afternoon Gulf of Mexico: A layer of thin to moderate density smoke was observed over the southern Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche this afternoon. The origin of the smoke within this region is the fire activity throughout eastern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and portions of Central America. Gulf of Honduras: A layer of moderate to thick density smoke blanketed the Gulf of Honduras this afternoon. This layer of smoke was fed by the ongoing burning activity across Central America. 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