DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 21, 2019
SMOKE:
Central U.S...
From eastern Texas into northern Wisconsin, dozens of mainly light
density smoke plumes were observed with a handful of moderate density
smoke plumes. As the afternoon evolved, many of the smoke plumes from
the Flint Hills burning melded into a few large areas of mainly light
smoke. Much of the smoke across Oklahoma, Kansas, northwestern Missouri,
most of Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota was moving north, while smoke
across Wisconsin, Illinois, and far eastern Iowa was moving off toward
the south or south-east. Smoke plumes across the ArkLaTex and the Florida
panhandle were observed moving east.
Central Chihuahua...
A few smoke plumes across west-central Chihuahua were observed emitting
light smoke that was approaching the US border by sundown.
BLOWING DUST:
Northern Mexico, southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and far
western Texas...
Blowing dust was observed being kicked up from Willcox Playa, White Sands,
and other dry basins across northern Chihuahua and southern New Mexico.
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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