DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z March 11, 2018
SMOKE: Southwestern Georgia... A break in the cloudiness allowed for the viewing of a patch of mainly thin density smoke which was visible spreading northward over southwestern Georgia. Numerous fires were detected over a portion of the Southeast from southeastern Alabama to South Carolina though cloudiness interfered with smoke detection from satellite imagery. Central US... Many seasonal fires were detected from Texas to eastern Kansas to Illinois though cloudiness in this region again interfered with smoke detection. A few widely scattered smoke plumes were visible over Texas and Oklahoma with some late day clearing over southeastern Kansas allowing for a patch of thinner density smoke to be seen moving to the west. Aerosol... Western Gulf of Mexico... A region of thin density aerosol was visible over a portion of the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf of Mexico which is likely composed of smoke from the oil rig flaring in the Bay of Campeche and from some of the nearby seasonal burning occurring in 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