Sunday, March 6, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z March 7, 2016

SMOKE...
Central and South Central US/Southeastern US:
Fires were not nearly as numerous as yesterday though fires were still
detected scattered across a similar area over the Central and South
Central region and across the Gulf Coast states. Visible smoke seen in
satellite imagery was also less than yesterday though cloudiness passing
over the Central and South Central US likely interfered in additional
smoke detection especially in those areas.

BLOWING DUST...
Southern California/Far Southern Nevada/Western Arizona:
Gusty westerly winds over Southern and Southeastern California kicked
up blowing dust from a number of different point sources which became
visible around 20Z and continued through sunset. Some of the blowing
dust consolidated into a thin to moderately dense north-south oriented
band which moved east affecting far southern Nevada and western Arizona
in addition to southeastern California.

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.