Wednesday, February 11, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z February 12, 2015

South-Central/Southeastern U.S:
A multitude of agricultural fires are occurring throughout the
southeastern U.S that are producing mostly light density smoke,
specifically in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Missouri, and eastern Texas. Many fires in Georgia, Alabama, and
Mississippi are producing smoke plumes that are moving to the southeast,
and fires in Louisiana and Texas are producing smoke plumes that are
moving to the north-northeast. There also is a larger area of light
density remnant smoke remaining over northern Texas, Oklahoma, and
western/central Arkansas. This smoke is leftover from agricultural fires
that occurred in the region yesterday.

Gulf of Mexico:
An area of mostly thin density remnant smoke is drifting over northern and
northwestern portions of the Gulf of Mexico. This is remnant smoke from
agricultural burning occurring throughout the southeastern U.S. yesterday.

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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

 


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.