DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1702Z April 18, 2018
SMOKE: Central Plains/Mid-Mississippi Valley.... Some of the ongoing fire activity in western Oklahoma and the North Texas Panhandle, as well as some activity in eastern Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas, was seen producing thin to moderate density smoke this morning. In addition to these smoke plumes, a few areas of remnant smoke, likely originating from the fire activity in western Oklahoma, were observed over much of central Texas and from northeastern Arkansas into west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois. Much of the smoke, both remnant and attached plumes, were moving off to the south across Oklahoma and Texas, while smoke over eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas was moving off to the southeast and the remnant smoke region was moving eastward toward the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys. Southeastern CONUS... What are likely seasonal burns were observed across Florida, southern Alabama, Georgia, and eastern South Carolina. The majority of the smoke was being transported towards the east or east-northeast, with the exception of southern Florida where smoke was moving off towards the west. -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