DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z April 15, 2019
SMOKE:
Central U.S...
Widespread seasonal burning occurring across eastern Kansas, northern
Oklahoma, western and northern Missouri, eastern Nebraska, and a good
portion of Iowa was responsible for numerous individual smoke plumes
of mainly thin density with some of the plumes merging to form larger
patches of smoke. A few localized moderately dense smoke plumes were
also visible within this region primarily over eastern Kansas.
Southeastern U.S./Gulf of Mexico/Mexico and Central America...
A very significant amount of seasonal burning was detected especially
over southern and eastern Mexico and Central America which resulted
in an extensive coverage of smoke across these areas. Moderately dense
to thick smoke was noted especially over southeastern Mexico, Central
America, and offshore to the north over the Bay of Campeche and the
far western Caribbean. Thin to moderately dense smoke could be seen
spreading farther to the north and northeast across much of the Gulf
of Mexico and inland over portions of the Southeastern U.S. along and
ahead of a frontal boundary. Cloudiness inland over the Southeast and
Mid-Atlantic region though did interfere with additional information on
the extent of the smoke.
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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