Friday, February 18, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z February 19, 2011

Southeastern U.S.:
Numerous fire, most of which are likely agricultural fires are analyzed
in satellite imagery today over much of the southeastern U.S. Several
smoke plumes were seen associated with some of these fires. The larger
plumes of light to medium dense smoke were seen in eastern SC, eastern
GA, and western panhandle of FL. Most of these smoke plume appear to
becoming entrained with the two areas of unknown aerosols mentioned in
the previous discussion across east coast of U.S. and across the eastern
Gulf of Mexico, offshore of western peninsula of Florida.

Warren


Previous Discussion:

Eastern Gulf of Mexico and East Coast USA:
An area of unknown aerosols was seen this morning moving off the west
coast of Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. A similar elongated area of
unknown aerosols was seen stretching from northeast Florida to off the
coast of New Jersey. This area is seen moving toward the east. It is
possible that smoke from numerous agricultural fires in the area the
past few days is mixed in with other aerosols in both locations.

Earle


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.