Sunday, April 23, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z April 24, 2017

SMOKE:
Light remnant smoke from fires burning across the Northern/Central Plains
and Upper/Middle Mississippi Valley were seen moving southwest across
parts of southeast/southern Missouri and into northern Arkansas.

South Dakota:
Fires in along the eastern edge of the state were observed emitting
light amounts of smoke plumes that were traveling north to north west.
Clouds that moved in during the evening hours prevented a more detailed
smoke analysis via satellite for the region.

Southern Georgia:
Fires continue to burn along the Florida/Georgia border and were observed
producing moderate amounts of smoke that was traveling north east. There
was a separate patch of remnant smoke from this fire that was seen this
morning off the coast of South Carolina and moving to the north northwest
and inland over coastal areas of South Carolina.

Southern Arizona:
A large fire in southern Arizona is producing moderate amounts of smoke
traveling north east.

Eastern Gulf of Mexico:
An elongated patch of light smoke stretching from north-northeast to
south-southwest was detected over the eastern Gulf off the west coast
of Florida this evening.

DUST:
There was an area of mostly light blowing dust seen over southern
California this evening near the Salton Sea and spreading to the east
into southwest Arizona.

-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

 


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.