DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z March 7, 2011
Central and South Central US: Numerous fires were detected especially across portions of eastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma. Fires were also scattered over central, eastern, and southern Texas as well as southern Louisiana. Smoke was visible with some of the fires primarily over eastern Oklahoma, southeastern Texas, and southwestern Louisiana. However, cloudiness moving across the region interfered with smoke detection so it is likely that more smoke was present particularly over eastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas than indicated in the graphics on the web sites listed below. Hawaii: Reports from the USGS indicated a fissure eruption occurred yesterday approximately 2 kilometers to the west-southwest of Pu'u'O'o, associated with the Kilauea Volcano on the southeastern portion of the Big Island. Aerial photos showed some of the lava from this eruption burning forest vegetation. Satellite imagery showed extensive cloudiness over the volcano so no smoke was visible in satellite imagery. A fire was included in the analysis to account for the possibility of continued burning vegetation. JS 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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/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. THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov