DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z April 12, 2021
SMOKE:
Central U.S…
More significant seasonal burning across the area from Oklahoma to
Iowa and southwestern Minnesota resulted in numerous smoke plumes
across the region. The smaller plumes merged and fanned out leading to
a significant batch of thin to moderate density smoke across the area
which spread to the east reaching central to eastern Iowa and central to
eastern Missouri. The thickest smoke was located closer to the greatest
concentration of fires which was over eastern Kansas and northeastern
Oklahoma though the thicker smoke had also moved east into Missouri.
Gulf Coast Region/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Central
America/Pacific south of Mexico…
The huge area of thin to moderate density smoke from the ongoing seasonal
burning in Mexico and Central America was present today covering southern
and eastern Mexico, Central America, the Pacific south of Mexico, the
Bay of Campeche, much of the Gulf of Mexico, southern Texas, southern
Louisiana, and the Florida panhandle. Embedded patches of thick smoke
were visible within this region especially closer to some of the more
active fires in Mexico.
Cuba/Southern Florida…
Seasonal fires in Cuba produced many smoke plumes which generally moved
to the north with some of the smoke likely passing over parts of the
Florida Keys.
DUST:
Western Texas…
A swath of thin to moderately dense blowing dust originated from sources
in western Texas between Lubbock and Midland and spread to the east
toward central Texas by late in the day.
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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