DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z February 11, 2015
Central/Southeastern US: Numerous agricultural burns are seen in satellite imagery throughout eastern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and southern Missouri. Smoke plumes in eastern Texas, Oklahoma, northern Louisiana, southern Missouri and Arkansas are moving northward while smoke plumes over the southern portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama are moving southward. Gulf of Mexico: Smoke from today's agricultural burns in the Southern Plains and Central U.S. can be seen moving southward off the coast of the gulf states. Remnant smoke from agricultural fires occurring yesterday is seen throughout much of the Gulf of Mexico, especially along western portions of the Gulf and along the Mexico/Texas coastline. -Heeps/Cronin THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF 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.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/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