Sunday, April 17, 2011

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z April 17, 2011

East Coast/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Central Plains:
A narrow band of remnant smoke stretches from off the coast near Cape
Hatteras along the frontal boundary, southward through south/central
Florida and back into the Gulf of Mexico where the smoke actually
encompasses most of the Gulf. The remnant smoke then stretches back
northward through Louisiana/Mississippi and up into Missouri and back
through central/eastern Texas. Areas of moderately dense smoke can be
seen through portions of eastern and northeastern Texas as well as
moving into southeastern Oklahoma and into Arkansas. The large area
of light, remnant smoke is from the continued numerous fires burning
through Mexico and Central America and the wildfires through Texas and
northern Mexico. Additionally, numerous agricultural burns continue
through eastern Kansas that is adding to the remnant smoke that is all
rotating around the High pressure currently situated over the southeast.

Belge


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.

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.