DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z March 13, 2018
SMOKE: Central and South Central US... A large number of seasonal fires were detected over the Central and South Central US with a significant amount of smoke visible as well. Many thin density smoke plumes were noted over eastern Kansas, western Missouri, much of Oklahoma, northern and western Arkansas, and northern and southeastern Texas with some of the plumes merging to form larger patches of smoke. A few moderately dense to thick smoke plumes were seen particularly over southern and southeastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas, and southeastern Texas. The smoke generally moved more in a southerly direction though plumes over northwestern Texas and southeastern Colorado moved more to the north and northeast. Washington... Seasonal fires over south central and southeastern Washington resulted in a number of thin density smoke plumes which spread quickly off to the west and northwest. 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