Sunday, January 29, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z January 29, 2012

Western Gulf of Mexico/Texas:
Several patches of thin to moderately dense smoke are present this
morning over the western Gulf of Mexico drifting westward towards
the Texas coast. This smoke is from several different fires that have
been burning over for at least the past 24 hours along the coastline
of Louisiana. In addition, another thin plume of smoke was seen over
southeast Texas that could be from the multitude of fires there yesterday.

Eastern Gulf of Mexico/Florida/Southeast US Coast:
A plume of remnant smoke could be seen in this morning's GOES imagery
extending from the eastern Gulf northeastward across Florida/southeast
Georgia to the North Carolina coast. This remnant smoke is from the
excessive agricultural burning and other fires across the Southeast US
yesterday, especially in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Further
northeast across the northwestern Atlantic, other aerosol is seen that
could have some remnant smoke mixed in but is more likely elevated dust
or other aerosol behind the frontal boundary.

Sheffler

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

 


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.