Tuesday, April 5, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z April 6, 2016

SMOKE:
US Southeast/Gulf of Mexico:
Multiple agricultural/prescribed burns were seen in the US Southeast
this evening which were producing light to moderate density smoke plumes
primarily traveling to the south.  Patches of light density remnant
smoke were observed in the north-central portion of the Gulf of Mexico.
These areas of residual smoke most likely originated from yesterday's
and today's  seasonal burning in the Central Plains and US Southeast.

Lower Mississippi River Valley:
Numerous light to moderate density smoke plumes were observed in the
Lower Mississippi River Valley traveling to the north.  These plumes
likely resulted from agricultural burning.

Central Plains:
A significant brush fire broke out today in Woodward county located in
northwest Oklahoma.  A large plume of smoke was associated with this fire
although it was difficult to discern the full extent of this plume due
to increasing cloud cover moving in from the west.  Seasonal agricultural
burns in eastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma were once again seen today;
however they were at a lesser frequency than yesterday.

-Cronin

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.