DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z February 13, 2016
Southeastern US: Leftover Smoke from Yesterday... Some leftover thin density smoke which is likely the result of yesterday's significant seasonal fires was visible late in the day moving to the southeast across portions of east central Mississippi, southern Alabama, and possibly extending into southern Georgia though cloudiness did interfere with additional information on the extent of the smoke. South Central to Southeastern US: This was another day which saw a very significant amount of seasonal burning across the South Central and Southeastern US from Oklahoma and Texas eastward across the Gulf Coast states to Georgia and Florida. Numerous smoke plumes of primarily thin density were visible in satellite imagery from these fires with even a few larger moderately dense to thick smoke plumes widely scattered over the region. JS 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