THROUGH 0200Z April 2, 2021
Central/South Central United States...
Widespread agricultural burning was observed over a large part of
the Central and South Central U.S. Moderate to thick density smoke was
observed over most of Eastern Kansas and Eastern Oklahoma. Several thick
density smoke plumes were observed in Eastern Texas, Western Arkansas,
and Southern Missouri, where light to moderate density smoke was also
observed over most of the region. Light to moderate density smoke was
also observed over most of Iowa, parts of southeastern Nebraska, western
Illinois, and parts of western Louisiana in this evening’s GOES visible
satellite imagery.
Western United States...
Light density smoke from small complex fire activity was observed in
parts of Northern Wyoming, Northern California, and parts of central
Oregon, eastern Washington State and Northern Idaho in this evening’s
GOES visible satellite imagery.
Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Pacific south of Mexico, and Central
America...
Widespread seasonal fire activity was observed over most parts of
Mexico and Central America, which has resulted in a large region of
light to moderate density smoke observed over most of coastal western,
southwestern, and southern Mexico as well as coastal Central America
to several hundred miles offshore to the south and southwest of the
region out over the eastern Pacific Ocean. Light density smoke was also
observed over parts of the Northern Gulf of Mexico in this evening’s
GOES visible satellite imagery.
Dust...
West Africa and Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Earlier today, Saharan dust was observed close to the coast of West
Africa over parts of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean in earlier GOES visible
satellite imagery
Oregon
A small region of blowing dust was observed over parts of south central
Oregon in this evening’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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov