DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z March 22, 2019
SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico... Light-density remnant smoke from yesterday's fires across the Southeast was seen drifting southward across the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and the Atlantic stretching from coastal Texas to coastal South Carolina. Southeast: Numerous smoke plumes from agricultural fires were observed from southern Mississippi to South Carolina and southward into Florida. The smoke was predominately moving east or southeast, and many plumes extended a significant distance from their source fires. Most plume consisted of light-density smoke only, although a few fires, especially in southeast Mississippi, contained higher-density smoke. Central/Southern Plains/Ozarks: Numerous fires ranging from Kansas and Missouri to Louisiana and extreme eastern Texas were producing visible smoke plumes, with nearly all moving toward the southeast from their source fires. Several of the plumes throughout the region included large areas of medium or high-density smoke. Clark 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