DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z March 6, 2016
Central and South Central US/Southeastern US: A very large number of what are believed to be primarily seasonal fires were analyzed across the Central and South Central US from eastern Kansas and Missouri southward to eastern Texas and western Louisiana and eastward from there across the Gulf Coast region to southern Georgia and northern Florida. Most of the smoke plumes were of the thin density variety and rather localized though there were a few moderately dense to very localized thick smoke plumes especially over western Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and southern Missouri. Gulf of Mexico: An area of thin density aerosol which is believed to be composed at least of some smoke attributed to the seasonal fires burning in Mexico and Central America was visible over the Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf of Mexico, and northern Mexico. The northern edge of the smoke also came very close to far southern Texas during the afternoon. JS 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