DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z April 14, 2021
SMOKE:
Central/Southeastern CONUS...
Widespread agricultural fire activity and and embedded wildfires were
visible across Central and Southeastern U.S. today. This afternoon these
areas became cloud covered excluding any analysis of light to moderate
density smoke from recent days seasonal fires.
Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Guatemala/Belize, Pacific Ocean...
A second large plume of predominantly moderate density smoke is seen
covering most of the southern half Gulf of Mexico, central-southern Mexico
(including the Yucatan Peninsula), Guatemala, Belize, and extending
through southern Mexico to the southwest over the Pacific Ocean. The
plume consists of ongoing seasonal fires and remnant smoke from recent
fire activity across central-southern Mexico and Central America.
BLOWING DUST:
Washington State/Oregon…
Blowing dust could be seen this afternoon being lofted from central
portions of the Columbia Plateau. The lofted dust was being transported
southwestward across the southern and western Columbia Plateau, Yakima
Valley, and Columbia River Valley.
EARLIER TODAY:
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.
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.
Eglin
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