Friday, May 11, 2018

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2347Z May 11, 2018

SMOKE:
Arizona...
Fires in the area are producing light density smoke plumes that remain
attached to their sources while stretching towards the northeast. Smoke
from the Tinder fire located in central-state nearly reaches the
southeastern boarder of Utah.

Texas and Oklahoma...
The thin density smoke plume associated with the Mallard wildfire located
in northern Texas remains visible through the cloud cover in satellite
imagery tonight. The smoke stretches close to Oklahoma's north-central
border.

Southeastern US...
Agricultural fires throughout the area were detected. Only a portion
of the fire plumes were delineated in this evenings analysis due to the
weather clouds in the area.

UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
An predominantly stagnant unknown aerosol was detected in satellite
imagery over the majority of the western Gulf of Mexico this evening.

DUST:
Dust clouds originating from Sonora, Mexico are being carried into
southern Arizona and were seen to extend into southern Phoenix.


-BOLL


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.