Friday, April 2, 2021

THROUGH 1930 April 2, 2021

Central and High Plains United States...
Widespread agricultural burning was observed over a large part of the
Central and High Plains. Light to moderate density smoke was observed
over most of Missouri and Iowa. Remnant light to moderate density smoke
was observed in area spanning from northeastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas,
eastern Nebraska, and into the eastern portions of the Dakotas. Smoke
also spanned from Missouri, Iowa and into western fringes of Illinois and
Wisconsin due to a weather system in the area.  Widespread agricultural
burning continued to produce new smoke, primarily light in density,
that moved northward with the remnant mass. It is possible there is
additional light to moderate density smoke mixed with the obscuring
cloud cover in the high plains near the Canadian border.

Southern Plains United States…
Widespread agricultural burning continued into the southern plains
states of Arkansas, western Louisiana and eastern/central Texas.  A large
number of primarily light density plumes were observed moving northwest
in Arkansas.  Motion was general westward in Louisiana and Texas, with
plumes becoming mixed with cloud cover in central Texas and making
it increasingly difficult to discern light smoke from light clouds.
It is possible there is additional light smoke in central and eastern
Texas that is currently obscured by cloud cover.

Southeastern United States...
Widespread agricultural fire activity over the southern states of Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina and Florida was producing numerous light density
smoke plumes moving predominantly southwest with some plumes extending
into the Gulf of Mexico originating from Florida.

Mexico, Eastern Pacific, and Central America...
Widespread seasonal fire activity was observed over Mexico, in particular
its western coast.  A massive region of remnant smoke that was light to
moderate density was observed extending from the coast far beyond the
Baja peninsula into the Pacific Ocean.  Smoke and dust appeared to be
wrapped into a weather system and was being drawn out to sea.  New smoke
plumes of varying density were producing new smoke, which contributed
to the very distinct and very large area of smoke observed off of the
Pacific coast of Mexico.  New individual plumes seemed to move westward
into the ocean, and the large remnant plume extended from the southern
portion of the Baja peninsula south into Central American waters.

Dust...
West Africa and Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Earlier today, a very large amount of Saharan dust was observed close
to the coast of West Africa over parts of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean
in earlier GOES visible satellite imagery.  Dust seemed to extend near
the equator into the central Atlantic and southernmost portions of the
Caribbean Sea.


J. Levine


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.