DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1953Z March 19, 2021
SMOKE: Central Plains… Widespread agricultural fires produced numerous light density smoke plumes primarily located in Oklahoma. Smoke plume movement was primarily to the south. A few additional plumes were observed moving northward in Kansas into southern Nebraska. Texas… Scattered fire activity in the north-central and southeastern portions of the state was emitting light density smoke moving southward. Fire activity was more concentrated and plumes were observed moving quickly southward on the Texas Gulf coast and far southernmost tip of Texas. Mexico… Widespread fire activity all over the country was producing light density smoke that moved very slowly westward in the morning hours before turning sharply eastward and accelerating dramatically. Smoke plumes were concentrated on the western side of northern Mexico, meanwhile, additional fires cropped up on the northeastern and Gulf coast regions, which also produced light density smoke. Remnant light smoke was also observed along the northern Gulf coast of Mexico from previous days’ fires. Levine 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