DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z April 03, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeast CONUS…
Widespread fire activity from Mississippi into North Carolina was observed
producing dozens of light to moderate smoke this afternoon. Smoke
across the Carolinas and eastern Georgia was moving off toward the
east-southeast while smoke across southeastern Georgia, southern Alabama,
and the Florida panhandle was moving south.
Central CONUS…
Widespread fire activity was also detected from southern Wisconsin and
Indiana down into northern Arkansas and into Oklahoma and the north Texas
panhandle. Given recent trends, there is likely further activity present
across Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and northern Missouri as an expansive
overcast blankets those areas. In the cloud-free areas, mainly light smoke
plumes were observed. Smoke over northwestern Oklahoma was moving south,
while smoke in southwestern Oklahoma and just over the border in Texas
was moving east-northeast, all as the cold front associated with the
cloudiness was moving through the area. Smoke analyzed across Arkansas
and Missouri was moving northwest ahead of the cold front.
Southern Mexico into Central America…
Dense fire activity was noted today throughout the western Yucatan,
northern Guatemala, and Honduras today. As such, the densest smoke was
observed across Honduras and eastern El Salvador, with dense smoke also
noted in northern Guatemala and Belize. Smoke across the Yucatan, like
yesterday, was concentrated by sea breezes off the Caribbean and Gulf
of Mexico while convergence across Honduras concentrated smoke there
with some smoke leaking south-southeastward toward El Salvador.
Cuba…
Although less than in previous days, mostly due to cloudiness associated
with a front moving through the island, smoke and fire activity was still
prevalent across Cuba today. Smoke emanating from fires in northern Cuba
was moving mainly off towards the south or southeast, while smoke over
southern Cuba was mainly moving off toward the east.
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov