DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z March 27, 2019
SMOKE: Central and South Central U.S... A very large number of seasonal fires were detected over a sizable portion of the Central and South Central U.S. The most concentrated area of fires were over the eastern third of Kansas which resulted in a patch of thin to moderate density smoke which covered much of this area. Numerous smoke plumes were also visible scattered across Oklahoma, southeastern Texas, along with central and southern Louisiana, and southern Mississippi. Most of these plumes were thin density though a few thicker plumes were present as well. Another more concentrated batch of seasonal fires over southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas resulted in an area of thin density smoke. Other relatively smaller smoke plumes were noted across the region stretching from central and northern Missouri to northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. Southern Georgia/Florida... More seasonal burning over southwestern Georgia and northern Florida produced thin density smoke over this region. Mexico/Central America... The ongoing seasonal burning across a large part of Mexico and Central America resulted in a huge mass of thin to moderately dense smoke which generally moved to the south and off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. JS 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