Sunday, November 14, 2010

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z November 15, 2010

Southeast US coast:
An area of thin remnant smoke was present off the southeast US coast
this evening. Most of this smoke likely originated from fires in the
southeast US and lower Mississippi River valley over the past few days,
including the wildfire still burning in Clinch County, Georgia. That
fire was producing additional thin to moderately dense smoke today.

Southern California/Northern Baja:
A thin aerosol believed to be smoke from fires in north and central
California over the past few days could be seen accumulating over the
southern part of the San Joaquin Valley. Further south over northern Baja,
Mexico a plume of blowing sand could be seen extending southeastward
into the northern Gulf of California.

South Texas coast:
An unknown aerosol was seen this evening off the southern Texas coast
lifting northward with a low pressure system. This aerosol could be smoke
from the oil rigs in the Gulf of Campeche or it could be other aerosols.

Hawaii:
Volcanic SO2 from Kilauea could be seen this evening drifting away from
the Big Island to the west and becoming entrained by a number of small
vorticies just south of the island chain.

Sheffler

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

 


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.