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