Tuesday, April 10, 2018

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2332Z April 10, 2018

SMOKE....
Central Plains:
Copious amounts of fire activity from South Dakota into north Texas and
western Missouri this afternoon produced varying densities of smoke this
afternoon. By late in the afternoon, smoke plumes across eastern Kansas,
western Missouri, and southwestern Iowa merged to form a larger region of
thin to moderate density smoke. The smoke plumes were generally moving
from west to east from South Dakota into western Oklahoma while those
across central Oklahoma and eastern Kansas were moving from southwest
to northeast.

Southeastern CONUS:
Many fires from the ArkLaTex into Alabama were observed emitting various
density smoke plumes. Most smoke plumes were moving towards the south
or south-southeast.

Arizona/New Mexico:
A couple of fires in north-central Arizona and western New Mexico
were observed emitting various density smoke this afternoon. The two
fires in New Mexico are the same that burned yesterday, with the one in
northwestern New Mexico producing more dense smoke. A few new fires in
Arizona join the fire observed yesterday, with the newer fires producing
more smoke than yesterday's fire. All this smoke was seen moving eastward
this afternoon

Gulf of Mexico:
A layer of thin to moderate density smoke was observed over the southern
Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche this afternoon. The origin of the
smoke within this region is the fire activity throughout eastern Mexico,
the Yucatan Peninsula, and portions of Central America.

Gulf of Honduras:
A layer of moderate to thick density smoke blanketed the Gulf of
Honduras this afternoon. This layer of smoke was fed by the ongoing
burning activity across Central America.

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.