DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z May 1, 2018
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS/Mid-Atlantic... Across northern Florida, remnant smoke from yesterday's fires was seen moving westward across southern Georgia and norther Florida. Significant active smoke plumes of moderate to thick density were also observed from sunrise on in southern Florida. The smoke from these fires in south Florida was moving out into the Gulf of Mexico. About a dozen and a half more small, thin smoke plumes were observed elsewhere from south Florida into Pennsylvania Arizona... A wildfire active for several days now in central Arizona has continued to produce smoke this morning. The smoke was moving off toward the northeast at a moderate pace. Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche... Numerous fires across the Yucatan Peninsula are contributing to a large area of smoke across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. -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