DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145z March 20, 2010
Southeast/Mississippi Valley: Numerous fires across the southeast and Mississippi Valley (most likely prescribe/agricultural) are producing long narrow smoke plumes. These fires are emitting anything from thin to very dense plumes. Aerosols/Haze continues to linger off the east coast. It stretches from eastern Virginia northeast to along the Massachusetts/New Hampshire coast. Earlier Today: Northeast/Mid Atlantic Coast: An area of haze and/or aerosols is located along the east coast from just north of Maine to New Jersey and extending eastward. Where this area of haze/aerosols came from cannot be determined. It may be residual smoke associated with the numerous fires across the central US but this cannot be confirmed. J Kibler THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov