Thursday, March 20, 2008

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z March 21, 2008

Southeast US:
Several fires were producing mainly light to occasionally moderately
dense smoke that was drifting to the south. The larger/more dense plumes
were seen over central Jefferson county in the Florida Panhandle, which
extended into the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Lawrence/Winston border in
northern Alabama. A moderately dense plume also developed near sunset over
Harrison county in southern Mississippi and was moving to the southwest.

Texas:
Firs in Walker, Trinity and Shelby counties in east Texas produced
moderately dense plumes that were moving to the north in the mid
to late afternoon reaching into Van Zandt county and southern Caddo
parish. Several smoke plumes were seen in south Texas ands were mainly
moving to the northwest. The largest plumes were associated with large
fires in eastern Kenedy county (where the plumes reached into Jim Hogg
and Duval counties) and extreme northwest Duval county (where the plume
reached into southwest Frio county).

Mexico:
A fire continues to burn in northern Mexico near Monterrey, however it
has become less intense today. A plume of thin smoke was extending from
the fire to the northeast but remained south of the border.

Oklahoma/Kansas:
Several fires over northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas had narrow
plumes of mainly light smoke that were moving to the north-northeast. The
plumes were less than 50 km long and were seen over Woodward, Major,
Creek and Washington counties in Oklahoma and Barber county in Kansas.

Arizona:
A fire in southern Mohave county had a light to locally moderately dense
plume that was moving to the east.

Hawaii:
A large area of vog mixed with at least some smoke was seen along the
west coast of the Big Island and extending further west at least 450
km. This mix of vog and smoke was mainly moderately dense.

Ruminski






 


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.