Monday, March 21, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z March 21, 2016.

SMOKE
Central US:
A large area of thin remnant smoke can be seen in morning GOES-W imagery
progressing eastward across the central US. The smoke stretches from
eastern Nebraska/southwest Iowa south and southeastward across parts
of Missouri, east Kansas, east Oklahoma, Arkansas, and northeast
Texas. Within this larger area, a small patch of smoke that can be
considered moderately dense was drawn over northeast Missouri. This smoke
is mostly from large scale agricultural burning yesterday in Kansas,
Oklahoma, and Texas.

DUST:
South Central Canada/Great Lakes/Ohio Valley:
Aerosol seen stretching southeastward across Ontario, Lake Superior,
Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Michigan, northeast Wisconsin, and northern
Indiana is thought to be elevated dust based on aerosol models. Additional
elevated dust is likely present over the Ohio Valley but could not be
observed due to the edge of the GOES-W satellite image.

Sheffler


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 DEPECTION
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.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.html
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.