DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z March 28, 2013
South Central and Southeastern US: An incredible number of fires were detected in satellite imagery stretching from eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma to the Southeastern US. Numerous smoke plumes of varying density were also visible in satellite imagery with a number of these fires. The smoke over the Southeast generally moved to the south and southeast, with several of the plumes spreading out offshore over the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The smoke over Louisiana, eastern Texas, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma moved primarily in a northward direction. JS Earlier This Morning... Lower to Mid-Mississippi Valley: A moderately large area of light, remnant smoke can be seen through northeastern Texas in through eastern Oklahoma and into central Arkansas and southern Missouri. This is due to the numerous fires that burned throughout this region yesterday. Belge 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