Saturday, March 5, 2016

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

 


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.