DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z March 10, 2021
SMOKE: Lower/Central Mississippi Valley, Western Atlantic Ocean and Southeastern U.S... Widespread agricultural burning, prescribed burning, and seasonal fire activity was observed over most of the Southeastern United States including Northern Florida, Southern Georgia, most of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Fire activity was also observed over most of the Lower/Mid Mississippi Valley including Louisiana, parts of Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. A large region of light density smoke and several regions of moderate to thick density smoke were observed over parts of these regions from the fire activity. A small region of remnant light density smoke was also observed off the Mid Atlantic coast out over part of the Western Atlantic Ocean in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Central America, Southern Mexico, Bay of Campeche, and Eastern Pacific Ocean ... A large region of light and moderate density smoke was observed over most of coastal Southern Mexico as well as coastal Central America including off the coast of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua to several hundred miles offshore out over the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Light density smoke was also observed over parts of the Bay of Campeche from offshore drilling platforms as well as over parts of the Mexican States of Eastern Oaxaca, Southern Veracruz, and Tabasco in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Bahamas... A small fire complex was observed on Northern Great Abaco Island emitting light to moderate density smoke progressing westward over parts of the Bahamas Grand Bahama Island this evening. DUST: Earlier today: Eastern Atlantic Ocean... A large region of light density Saharan dust was observed off the coast of West Africa out over parts of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Sambucci 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