Wednesday, March 20, 2019

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z March 21, 2019

SMOKE:

Southeast/Mississippi Valley:
From Louisiana into southern South Carolina, hundreds of presumably
agricultural burns were observed emitting smoke this afternoon and
evening.  Large pockets of moderately dense smoke can be seen extending
from southern Louisiana into southern/central Mississippi and into
central Alabama.  Some smaller pockets of moderately dense smoke can be
seen across central/southern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

Oklahoma/Kansas:
Several fires across central/eastern regions of both states can be seen
producing light to moderately smoke moving toward the east southeast.

Western Virgina:
A fire across west central Virginia near the West Virginia border can be
seen producing moderately dense smoke north up and along the border as
far as northern Shenandoah County Virgina and northern Hardy county West
Virginia.  Smoke may reach farther, but cloud cover is blocking the view.


J Kibler


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/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS:    ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML:    http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
        http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)

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.