DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z March 17, 2015
SMOKE: Central Plains Numerous agricultural burns and a large brush fire were observed in GOES-13 imagery this evening across the Central Plains. Agricultural fires were seen throughout Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska with light density smoke plumes moving to the southwest behind the cold front and north ahead of the cold frontal passage. A large brush fire located in Woodward county Oklahoma was first spotted in GOES-13 infrared imagery at 18:45Z. A medium density smoke plume associated with the brush fire was last seen moving to the northeast into Sumner county Kansas. US Southeast: Many smoke producing agricultural burns were detected in GOES-13 imagery in the US southeast today. Light density smoke plumes were seen in the panhandle of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina. The smoke plumes were mostly tracking to the east. BLOWING DUST: Central Plains A line of blowing dust stretching from northeastern Colorado to southwestern Iowa was seen in GOES-13 imagery this evening. A cold front over the Central Plains is kicking up dust behind the front as the front moves southward. -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