DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1620Z March 7, 2021
SMOKE:
Central and Eastern United States….
An area of light density smoke from the large number of fires over
the Central Plains yesterday was seen extending from portions of West
Virginia, western Virginia and western North Carolina west into portions
of the Central Plains states.
Florida to Texas Gulf Coast Region, Bahamas, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico,
Central America, Mexico and the Eastern Pacific Ocean….
A very large area of mostly light density smoke, from the large number
of fires over the past few days over the southeastern United States,
Mexico and Central America, was extending from the southwest Atlantic
Ocean, just east of the Bahamas, west and southwest through the Gulf
of Mexico and coastal regions of the United States and eastern Mexico,
the southwest Caribbean Sea through southern Mexico and northern Central
America and into the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
DUST:
Pacific Northwest….
An area of dust from portions of Asia was seen pushing into portions of
the Pacific northwest of Oregon and northern California.
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