DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0217Z March 12, 2020
SMOKE:
Plains...
Areas of light smoke were visible between breaks in cloud cover emanating
from numerous agricultural fires throughout eastern Kansas, northwestern
Missouri and into western Iowa. The plumes were moving primarily north
and northeast.
Southeastern U.S…
Areas of primarily light density smoke were visible extending west from
a large number of fires throughout the Florida peninsula. The extent of
smoke was difficult to discern due to cloud cover obscuring the view.
Additional smoke plumes were spotted between breaks in the clouds over
coastal South Carolina. A large plume of medium to heavy density smoke
was observed extending off of the coast and moving east-northeast into
the Atlantic Ocean.
Cuba…
Large plumes of primarily light density smoke were observed moving
southwest across the island and into the ocean. Smoke plumes were
attributed to extensive fire activity throughout the entire island,
and some smoke plumes were impossible to discern due to cloud cover.
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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