DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z March 22, 2021
SMOKE: Central Plains, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma... Widespread agricultural fires produced numerous light to heavy density smoke plumes primarily located in Oklahoma and Arkansas, plume movement was primarily to the north in this region going as far as Missouri. Southeastern U.S., Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama... Widespread agricultural fires produced numerous light to heavy density smoke plumes primarily located in Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama, plume movement was primarily to the east in this region. Texas... In eastern Texas two large light to heavy density smoke plumes from agricultural burning activity were seen moving northward. Texas , Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean... A large region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over southern Texas most of central Mexico, coastal eastern and southern Mexico extending out into the Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke was also observed over parts of Southern Mexico and the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The plumes appears to consist of smoke from heavy seasonal burning in the region, gas flaring activity, as well as urban pollution/aerosols. Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout Mexico causing a large number of light to moderate density smoke plumes. Earlier today... 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. Eglin 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