DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z March 6, 2021
SMOKE: Midwest, Central Plains and Southeastern United States…. The large number of fires over the region yesterday has produced an light area of smoke that was seen extending from southern Minnesota, eastern Iowa and western Illinois southwest to northern Oklahoma. Another area of light smoke was seen extending from western portions of Virginia and North Carolina west towards eastern Arkansas and northern Louisiana. Central and Western Gulf Coast, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico and the eastern Pacific…. Fires over Mexico and also over the Southeast United States has resulted in a large area of light density smoke that extended from southern Florida through the Gulf of Mexico to the western Gulf Coastal region of Louisiana and Texas. The smoke then extended south along the east coast of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula and then west through central Mexico and into portions of the eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Hanna 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