Monday, April 16, 2007

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z April 17, 2007

Florida:
A thin to moderately dense smoke plume from a fire in western Broward
County moved to the southeast during the afternoon across the Miami
metro area.

Georgia/South Carolina:
Several fires in eastern and southeastern Georgia were emitting smoke
plumes which were blown quite a distance to the east-southeast and off
the coast. Some of the thinner smoke plumes from the eastern Georgia
fires passed across southern South Carolina as well. One particular very
intense fire in Ware County of southeastern Georgia was responsible
for a moderately dense to locally dense smoke plume which fanned out
as it moved off to the east-southeast. The smoke plume moved across the
Jacksonville FL vicinity during the late afternoon.

Mississippi:
Moderately dense to locally thick smoke was observed moving to the
south-southeast from fires in the southern Mississippi Counties of
Simpson, Jones, and Perry. The smoke moved into coastal southern
Mississippi and southwestern Alabama by late in the afternoon.

Arkansas:
A fire in the northwestern Arkansas County of Franklin was emitting a
moderately dense to locally dense smoke plume which spread generally in
a north-northeasterly direction.

Oklahoma:
Several bursts of relatively thin smoke from a fire in southern Ellis
County of western Oklahoma spread quickly to the north. The remnant very
thin smoke appeared to make it as far as central Kansas (more than 200
miles from the source).

Kansas/Missouri/Nebraska/Iowa:
An incredible number of fires were detected mainly in or near the Flint
Hills region of eastern Kansas. Smoke plumes from individual fires
had merged into a larger mass of mainly thin smoke which moved to the
north-northeast and also eventually across portions of southeastern
Nebraska, southwestern Iowa, and northwestern Missouri. A couple of
separate patches of very thin smoke were also detected moving to the
east across central and eastern Iowa.

JS

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.