DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 13, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern CONUS...
Scattered to widespread smoke production was observed from northern
Louisiana into the Carolinas. The mot widespread activity was noted across
southern North Carolina and South Carolina, where smoke was moving off
toward the south-southwest. Across the Florida panhandle, eastern Georgia,
and southern Alabama, smoke was moving west to west-northwest. Across
northern and western Georgia, however, smoke was moving eastward.
Florida…
Agricultural burning activity across southern Florida was producing
mainly light smoke that was moving off toward the west-southwest.
Central Plains…
Widely scattered smoke production was noted among an area of more dense
fire activity across Kansas and Oklahoma. Much of the smoke was light
and moved off toward the south-southeast, with one or two across Oklahoma
moving southwest.
Mexico/western Gulf of Mexico/TX and LA Gulf Coast…
A large area of light to moderate density remnant smoke was observed
blanketing the western Gulf of Mexico into Mexico and the Pacific
through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Pacific coast of Central
America. This is remnant from fire activity over the past few days an
weeks. The smoke over the western Gulf is being drawn northward up to
a front draped across eastern TX eastward across the AR/LA border. In
addition to this area, scattered fire activity throughout Mexico was
producing light to moderate smoke.
Central/Eastern United States...
An area of remnant smoke was observed this morning moving eastward over
the Tennessee Valley. The parent activity was yesterdays fires across
the central CONUS.
BLOWING DUST:
Washington State/Oregon…
Blowing dust could be seen this morning being lofted from central
portions of the Columbia Plateau. The lofted dust was being transported
southwestward across the southern and western Columbia Plateau, Vakima
Valley, and Columbia River Valley.
Hosley
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