Friday, February 24, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200 February 25, 2017


SMOKE:
SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY:
Several prescribed burns in the Eastern Southern Plains and Western
Lower Mississippi Valley are producing light to moderately dense smoke
that is traveling towards the southeast.

MEXICO:
Smoke plumes are observed to be emanating from Tamaulipas and Yucatan,
Mexico that are traveling towards the east and north, respectively. The
smoke is light in density and appears to be mixing with some unknown
aerosol in the Western Gulf of Mexico.


BLOWING DUST:
Blowing dust originating from the White Sands in New Mexico was observed
in satellite imagery traveling Northeast and into Eastern New Mexico.


UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
An unknown aerosol was observed over the entire Western portion of the
Gulf of Mexico. The aerosol appears to be mixed with smoke along the
coasts from Mexican fires. The unknown aerosol is moving towards the
northeast and into the Central Gulf.


-Boll


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.