DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z September 18, 2019
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern U.S... Broad areas of leftover thin density smoke likely combined with other atmospheric pollutants were visible over portions of the Central and Southeastern U.S. More specifically, the possible leftover smoke stretches in a band from northwestern Texas to western Minnesota, northeastern North Dakota, and nearby far south central Canada just north of the North Dakota-Minnesota border. The other area of potential leftover smoke extended from Wisconsin southward to the Lower Mississippi Valley and eastward from there to the coastal parts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Thin density leftover smoke was also noted over the central and southern Appalachians and the Ohio Valley. The source for this smoke was likely primarily from a significant amount of daily seasonal/agricultural type fires occurring in the Central, South Central, and Southeastern U.S. 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