DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0355Z March 6, 2018
SMOKE: Southeast... Seasonal agricultural fires producing light-density plumes were found over central and eastern North Carolina. These plumes were moving to the southeast. A concentrated area of light-density plumes was detected over southwestern Georgia, southeastern Georgia, and the central Florida Panhandle. Movement of these plumes was to the east-northeast. South Florida... Light-density smoke plumes were observed associated with agricultural fires south of Lake Okeechobee moving towards the west. A wildfire continues to burn in Picayune Strand State Forest producing a light-to-moderate density plume spreading towards the west over Marco Island and extending for approximately 150 miles over the Gulf waters. Kansas/Oklahoma... Several light-density plumes from seasonal fires were spreading to the east-southeast over parts of southwestern and northeast Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Konon 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