DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0115Z April 11, 2019
SMOKE:
Central Plains....
A large number of agricultural fires were observed across eastern
Oklahoma, central-eastern Kansas, southern Missouri, and northern
Arkansas. Smoke could hardly be seen due to cloud interference.
Southeastern U.S...
A significant amount of seasonal burning was also detected across the
southeastern U.S. along with smoke plumes of thin density.
Mexico/Central America...
Numerous seasonal fires were observed over central-eastern-southern
Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. While the majority of the smoke was
light density, some of these smoke plumes were moderate in density.
DUST:
Arizona/New Mexico/Northern Mexico...
Blowing dusts were seen in southeastern Arizona, White Sands National
Monument in New Mexico, and in the northern end of the Mexican state
Chihuahua.
YL/JH
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