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. Louisiana/Arkansas... Along the Louisiana/Arkansas boarder three light density smoke plumes and one light to moderate density smoke plume probably attributed to wildfires were observed moving southwest in direction. Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Guatemala/Belize, Pacific Ocean... A large plume of predominantly moderate density smoke is seen covering most of the western 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