Monday, March 30, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 31, 2015

SMOKE

Central Plains:
Multiple agricultural and prescribed burns were seen in GOES-13 imagery
across the central plains this afternoon/evening. Light density smoke
plumes associated with the fires in northern Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma,
eastern Kansas and southern Missouri were moving to the northeast.

Northern Plains:
A wildfire in northwest South Dakota and agricultural burns were seen
in GOES-13 imagery this afternoon/evening.  Light density smoke plumes
associated with the fires were moving to the southeast.  A wildfire in
northwest South Dakota more specifically southwest Harding county South
Dakota has not been contained and is still detected in infrared imagery
as of 0200Z.

DUST

Eastern Pacific:
An area of aerosols, primarily dust, can be seen in GOES-15 imagery
this afternoon/evening in the eastern Pacific roughly between 30N-40N
and 130W-150W.  The medium density aerosol likely originated from Asia,
and continues to move eastward behind an approaching frontal boundary.
The area of aerosols are foretasted to reach the west coast by 12Z.

-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

 


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.