Tuesday, April 3, 2018

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1632Z April 3, 2018

SMOKE:
Southeast...
Numerous fires were observed in satellite imagery from Florida into North
Carolina, many of which were producing smoke. The smoke from these fires
was moving clockwise around high pressure off the Atlantic coast.

Southern Plains...
A few fires in Texas, Oklahoma, and far southeastern Colorado were
observed producing smoke this morning. The smoke from these fires was
moving south in the wake of a cold frontal passage.

DUST:
Tropical Atlantic...
An expansive area of Saharan Dust was observed moving westward across the
tropical Atlantic. This dust layer was moving west towards the Caribbean
Sea and the Windward Islands.

Eastern New Mexico and Northwestern Texas...
A cold front moving south across the southern plains was kicking up some
dust this morning. The blowing dust was observed along the cold front
and moving south with the cold front.

-Hosley

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.