Friday, April 10, 2015

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z April 11, 2015

SMOKE
Central US:
A tremendous number of agricultural/prescribed burns in Kansas and
Oklahoma have generated a broad area of light to moderately dense smoke
over the region.

Montana:
A large fire in eastern Montana just west of Jordan was producing a plume
of light to moderately dense smoke that was moving to the northeast and
crossed the border into southern Saskatchewan.  Several agricultural
burns throughout the central plains, and a few larger active fires in
central eastern Kansas are collectively producing a broad area of very
light density smoke.

Arizona:
A fire in central Arizona near Sedona had a plume of light to moderately
dense smoke that was moving to the northeast into northeast Arizona.

Gulf of Mexico:
A broad area of light smoke was detected over the southwest Gulf of
Mexico due to the seasonal burning in Central America. The smoke was
generally moving in a northwest direction but clouds in the northwest
Gulf hindered determining how far the smoke extended.

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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.