Thursday, February 09, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z February 10, 2017

SMOKE:
South Central US...
Numerous seasonal fires were detected across the South Central US with
quite a few smoke plumes visible as well. Most of the smoke plumes
were of thin density though a few locally thicker plumes were noted
as well with the majority of the smoke seen over portions of Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Some of the individual smoke plumes had
merged together into larger patches of smoke primarily over southwestern
Louisiana and southeastern Texas as well as far southern Texas.

AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche...
A swath of thin density aerosol was visible along a frontal boundary
stretching from west to east from along and off the coast of eastern
Mexico eastward to near and over the southern half of the Florida
peninsula. This aerosol also extended farther to the south and became
more dense over the Bay of Campeche. It is believed that at least some
of this aerosol is composed of smoke from fires burning in eastern and
southeastern Mexico and from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche.

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

 


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.