DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0220Z April 9, 2021
SMOKE: Eastern U.S./Atlantic... A large light density plume was detected stretching from across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions, the Mid-Atlantic, and parts of the Southeast extending offshore approximately 1150 miles over the open Atlantic between the Bahamas and Bermuda. Within this large area of light density smoke was a patch of moderate density smoke extending from southern West Virginia to South Carolina. This smoke was from recent and current days of concentrated seasonal fire activity and a few embedded wildfires across area. Oklahoma/Kansas/Missouri/Arkansas... Numerous long narrow light density plumes with some embedded moderate density were found over most of Oklahoma, southeastern Kansas, southwestern Missouri, and northern Arkansas. These plumes were associated with agricultural burns and were primarily moving off to the east. Arizona... Three distinct narrow light density plumes were detected from wildfires over the east-central part of the state. California/Oregon... A number of light density plumes, some associated with wildfires and others with agricultural burns, were found over central and northern California and southern Oregon. Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... A large area of light density smoke was observed along the northeastern Mexico coast extending out into the Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke was also observed over parts Pacific coastal Mexico extending westward for about 1000 miles over the open Pacific. The plumes consist of smoke from heavy seasonal burning in the region. Light density smoke was observed from offshore drilling platforms in the Bay of Campeche moving to the northwest. DUST: Idaho... A small narrow plume of blowing dust was detected over the eastern part of the state. Mexico... Several plumes of blowing dust moving off the east-southeast were detected over the northwestern part of the state of Sinaloa. Atlantic... A large light density Saharan dust plume covers most of the central and eastern tropical Atlantic. 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