Thursday, March 21, 2019

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

 


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.