THROUGH 1700Z April 1, 2021
South Central U.S…
A swath of leftover thin density smoke attributed to yesterday’s
round of significant seasonal fire activity which occurred mainly across
portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and northwestern Arkansas was seen
this morning stretching from southern Kansas southeastward over Oklahoma,
southwestern Arkansas, eastern Texas, and western Louisiana. Newly forming
smoke plumes from today’s seasonal fires were already starting to be
visible over a larger portion of the Central U.S.
Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico and Central America…
A large area of thin to moderate density smoke from ongoing daily seasonal
fire activity was seen this morning across portions of southern Mexico
and northern Central America, and extending well to the south over
the Pacific.
Dust...
Saharan dust remained well to the east in the Atlantic closer to the
coast of western Africa.
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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