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