DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z January 3, 2012
Southeast US: Numerous small fires scattered throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina are producing thin density smoke plumes, all of which appear to disperse relatively quickly with distance. Southeast Texas: A large wildfire is burning in Jefferson county on the southeastern Texas coast just a few hundred kilometers from the Louisiana border. A broad, elongated area of thin density remnant smoke from the previous two days is stretching south over the Gulf of Mexico and then drifts west back over Texas. Embedded within this area is a strip of moderate density smoke. Dense to very dense smoke is being produced near the source of the fire and is moving south and east. l Ramirez THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE 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 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov