DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1900Z March 7, 2020
SMOKE:
Florida…
A cluster of presumably agricultural burning around Lake Okeechobee, along
with other activity scattered from central Florida into South Carolina,
was observed emitting light smoke this morning/early afternoon. The
light to moderate smoke from nearly all the fire activity was moving off
toward the southwest. Of note, the smoke plume from a fire in the Florida
panhandle extends between 250 and 300 miles into the Gulf of Mexico.
Great Plains…
Widespread fire activity is noted in today’s fire analysis extending
from north Texas into Iowa, Illinois, and northwestern Indiana. A
dozen and a half or so smoke plumes were noted this morning/early
afternoon. Light to moderate smoke was mainly moving off toward a
direction just west of north, with one notable exception. The most
impressive smoke plume is emanating from a quickly spreading fire in
the Oklahoma panhandle near the town of Beaver. The moderate to heavy
smoke from this fire was extending north-northeast into central Kansas.
Hosley
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