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