DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 11, 2015
Northern Idaho: There are a handful of fires in northern Idaho producing smoke, but the smoke is light enough that it remains local and is not observed crossing into other states. Central Plains: This morning: A rather small area of remnant light-density smoke was identified in GOES-West visible satellite imagery tracking toward the east along the Minnesota/Iowa border. This area of remnant smoke is believed to have originated from numerous agricultural fires analyzed yesterday across Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. Update: This evening, the remnant ribbon of smoke continues to track southeast into Missouri and Illinois. Southeast US: Near the Florida-Alabama-Georgia border there is a particularly dense area of agricultural burns that are collectively producing a light density smoke plume in the immediate vicinity. Due to the abundance of cumulus clouds, it's not possible to identify the individual sources of smoke. Ramirez 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