DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z October 9, 2016
Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley: A very large number of what are believed to be mainly seasonal agricultural fires were detected over the Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley region including southeastern Missouri, eastern Arkansas, northwestern Mississippi, and northeastern Louisiana. Numerous mainly thin density smoke plumes were visible spreading to the south and southwest from these fires with the smoke congealing into larger patches as the day progressed. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Fires near the coast of southeastern Texas and Southern Louisiana produced mainly thin density smoke plumes which fanned out and combined as they moved to the south and southwest forming a larger area of smoke over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. 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