Monday, January 30, 2012

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 31, 2012

Currently:

Southeast:
Numerous small to moderate size fires are burning across sections of
the southeast especially across Georgia and South Carolina.  Most of
the fires in these states are producing mainly light smoke with a few
emitting moderately dense smoke.

The smoke seen earlier today in the Gulf of Mexico and over central and
east central Texas could not be seen this evening.

Earlier Today:

Southeast US Coast:
Patches of remnant smoke were observed this morning east of northern
Florida and southern Georgia from numerous fires yesterday in those
states. Additional thin aerosol could be seen as well along the coast of
the southeastern US but it may be more of a mixture of smoke and other
unknown aerosols.

Eastern Gulf of Mexico:
Two medium sized areas of remnant smoke could be seen in the eastern
Gulf just west of Florida and north of the Yucatan Peninsula. The smoke
seen west of Florida is most likely from large amounts of fires in the
southeast US over the past few days. The smoke seen north of the Yucatan
Peninsula could be either from fires in Cuba or from fires in Florida.

Texas:
An area of thin smoke was seen over central and east central Texas
left over from numerous fires that were burning in Texas and southern
Louisiana yesterday.

J Kibler

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.