DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1802Z March 23, 2019
SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico...
There was remnant smoke from yesterday's fires in the southeast seen
moving into the Gulf of Mexico. There was also remnant smoke seen off
the Carolinas moving into the Atlantic Ocean.
Southeast...
Numerous agricultural fires were observed producing light density smoke,
ranging from east and south Mississippi to South Carolina and Florida. The
smoke plumes were predominately moving south and many plumes extended
a significant distance from their source fires.
Central/Southern Plains...
Although numerous agricultural fires ranging from Kansas and Missouri to
Louisiana and eastern Texas, due to cloud coverage smoke was not visible.
Mexico/Central America...
Numerous seasonal fires were observed across eastern-southern Mexico,
Guatemala and Honduras. Smoke plumes were predominately moving towards
south-southwest.
Rodriguez
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