DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z December 8, 2020
SMOKE:
ArkLaTex…
About half a dozen mainly light smoke plumes from presumably agricultural
burning across the Texas Gulf Coast, eastern Texas, Louisiana, and
Arkansas were observed moving off toward the south or south-southeast
this afternoon and evening. The most prolific smoke producer, one along
the Texas Gulf Coast near the Louisiana border, was producing notably
thicker smoke than any other smoke plume.
Northern Plains/Prairie Provinces…
A few light smoke plumes were noted across North Dakota this afternoon
and evening. The presence of upper-level cloud cover obscured observation
of smoke into southern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan, but given
the amount of burning activity noted, it is likely at least some smoke
exists that was not observed and analyzed.
-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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov