DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z March 21, 2021
SMOKE: Northern Ohio River Valley/Central and Southern Plains... A region of remnant light density smoke attributed to yesterday’s widespread agricultural burning activity over the Central and Southern Plains was observed over parts of the Northern Ohio River Valley. Light density smoke progressing mainly northward from agricultural burning activity was also observed over most of Eastern/Central Oklahoma in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. South Texas, Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Pacific Ocean... A broad region of light density smoke was observed over far South Texas, most of the Western Gulf of Mexico, and also over most of the Mexican States of Tabasco and Veracruz. A second large region of light and moderate density smoke was also observed over parts of coastal Eastern, Southern, and Southwestern Mexico to several hundred miles offshore out over parts of the Eastern Pacific Ocean in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. DUST: West Africa/Eastern Atlantic Ocean... A region of light density Saharan dust was observed off the coast of West Africa and out over parts of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. 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