Saturday, December 17, 2016

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z December 18, 2016

DUST:
Southern and Southeastern New Mexico/Western and Southwestern Texas...
An extensive area of thin to moderately dense blowing dust was visible
during the day moving to the east, southeast, and south covering much
of south central and southeastern New Mexico as well as western and
southwestern Texas and northern Mexico. The dust is likely a combination
of leftover dust from yesterday's widespread event as well as new dust
kicked up today from local sources within this large region.

AEROSOL:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche...
A mainly thin density aerosol which is likely composed at least partly by
smoke from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche and fires in southeastern
Mexico was seen spreading to the northwest over a portion of the Bay of
Campeche and the western Gulf of Mexico. The aerosol also reached close
to the coast of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana.

JS


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/Products/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.