DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0210Z April 7, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeast U.S./Ohio Valley/Mid-Atlantic/Atlantic...
A large region of remnant light to moderate density smoke from
yesterday’s widespread agricultural and seasonal fire activity was
observed over most of the coastal regions of the southeast U.S.
including most of Georgia and the Carolinas. Light density smoke was
also observed over parts of the eastern Ohio Valley, parts of the
Mid-Atlantic, and offshore out over parts of the western Atlantic.
Light to moderate density smoke was detected from numerous new fires in
the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Florida...
Agricultural burning activity was observed in the vicinity of Lake
Okeechobee where light density smoke from the small fires was observed
moving southwestward.
Pacific Northwest…
A number of small light density plumes from seasonal fires were
detected over parts of Washington and Oregon. The plumes were moving
off to the east-northeast.
Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific...
Large regions of light density smoke from recent widespread seasonal
fire activity across most of Mexico were observed over parts of eastern
coastal Mexico as well as out over parts of the western Gulf of Mexico.
Light density smoke was also observed over coastal southwestern Mexico
and for several hundred miles offshore over parts of the Pacific.
DUST:
Atlantic...
A large region of light density Saharan dust was observed over the
eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
New Mexico/Texas...
A narrow plume of blowing dust was detected moving east-southeast from
northwestern New Mexico extending to east-central New Mexico into the
Texas Panhandle.
Konon
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