Sunday, March 21, 2021

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

 


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.