Friday, March 12, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0500Z March 12, 2021

SMOKE:
Mid-Atlantic/Southeast...
A light density plume of smoke, attributed to a significant amount of
seasonal fire activity along with a few possible wildfires, was visible
extending from Georgia/eastern Alabama northeastward to North Carolina
to Nova Scotia.

Florida...
A wildfire in the southern Everglades was spreading a light density
plume westward for about 100 miles over the Gulf of Mexico.  A thick
density plume was found immediately downwind of the wildfire and a
moderate density plume extended about 70 miles to the west over the
Gulf of Mexico.

Midwest/Central Plains...
Areas of light density smoke from numerous agricultural burns were
detected over parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri.

Mexico/Western Gulf of Mexico/Far Southern Texas...
A rather large area of primarily light density smoke was detected over
eastern and southern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf
of Mexico, far southern Texas, and a portion of the Pacific south of
Mexico.  More localized patches of light density smoke were embedded
within the thinner density smoke especially along and off the southern
coast of Mexico.  This smoke was linked to seasonal fire activity
across Mexico with some contribution from oil rig flaring in the Bay
of Campeche.

Konon


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.