DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200 February 26, 2017
SMOKE: SOUTH EAST US: Multiple fires burning from as far west as Mississippi to as far east as South Carolina and in the Florida pan handle are producing light to moderate smoke plumes that are traveling south east. LOUISIANA AND TEXAS: Fires in eastern Texas and southern Louisiana are producing light to moderate smoke that is traveling south west towards the Gulf of Mexico. OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS: Fires in Oklahoma are producing light smoke that is traveling north towards Kansas. Fires in Kansas are also producing smoke that is traveling north. MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS: Fires in north west Arkansas and south east Missouri are producing smoke that is traveling south east. -Westbrook 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