DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z January 7, 2012
Central and Southeastern US: A large number of fires were detected in satellite imagery stretching from the Central and Southern Plains to the Southeast. The most concentrated locations for fires producing visible smoke plumes in satellite imagery were across eastern North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. More smoke was likely present over the South Central and Southeast, but cloudiness moving over the region interfered with smoke detection in satellite imagery. Earlier Today... Southeastern United States: Light residual smoke from the tremendous number of agricultural and prescribed burns over the Southeast yesterday was seen drifting east northeast off the Southeast Coast from northern Florida to the Outer Banks. An additional area of light residual smoke was detected off the southwest coast of Florida near Naples and Marco Island. It was slowly drifting to the west southwest over the Gulf of Mexico. Ruminski/JS 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