THROUGH 0200Z April 1, 2021
Central Plains including Kansas and Oklahoma...
Widespread agricultural burning activity was observed over most of the
Central Plains. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed over a
large portion of Southeastern Kansas and Northeastern Oklahoma. Light
to moderate density smoke was also observed over most of Oklahoma,
Southern Missouri, Northern Arkansas, and Northern Texas along the Red
River Valley. The smoke from the fire activity was seen progressing
southward behind a weather system observed in this evening’s GOES
visible satellite imagery.
Western United States...
A small fire complex was observed south of Yorkville, California where
smoke was observed progressing westward towards the coast and out over
the Pacific Ocean. Small fire complex activity was also observed in
Central Oregon, Southeastern Washington State, parts of New Mexico,
Northern Idaho, and Northern Montana in this evening’s GOES visible
satellite imagery.
Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, and Eastern Pacific Ocean...
Widespread seasonal burning activity was observed over a large portion of
Mexico and has resulted in a large region of light to moderate density
smoke observed over most of Eastern, Central, and Southern Mexico as
well as out over parts of the Western Gulf of Mexico. Light density
smoke was also observed from offshore drilling platforms in the Bay of
Campeche with smoke progressing northwestward. A broad region of light
to moderate density smoke was also observed along coastal Mexico to
several hundred miles offshore out over the Eastern Pacific Ocean in
this evening’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 the Eastern Atlantic Ocean in earlier GOES
visible satellite imagery.
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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