THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2009

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0015Z APRIL 17, 2009

South Carolina/Southeast:
A fire in central Chesterfield county is producing thin to moderately
dense smoke  S into Lee, Kershaw, Darlington, Sumter, Richland, Orangeburg
and Calhoun counties.  The plumes extends 140 to 150 km from source.
A fire in NE Georgetown county is emitting a light plume of smoke into N
Charleston county and into the Atlantic.  The Plume extends 160 to 180
km from source.  There are additional fires across the southeast that
are producing light plumes of smoke (Florida, Mississippi).

Arkansas:
A fire on the border of Franklin and Crawford counties is emitting a
moderately dense to dense plume of smoke west NW into Washington county.
The plume extends farther, but due to clouds moving in from the west
the total coverage of the smoke is not seen.  On the border of Perry and
Garland counties a plume of dense smoke is moving west NW into Montgomery
and Yell counties, but once again clouds moving in from the west blocks
the total view of the plume.

Southern/Central Plains
Numerous fires are burning across the region, but due to clouds, smoke
is not seen with most of these fires.

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













 


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.