DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z December 22, 2018.
SMOKE:
Southern Texas...
Fires on both sides of the Rio Grande in far southern Texas/northeastern
Mexico were responsible for thin density smoke which affected portions
of this region.
Southeastern Texas/Southern Louisiana...
Thin density smoke from fires scattered across southeastern Texas and
southern Louisiana moved quickly to the southeast and off the coast over
the Gulf of Mexico.
Eastern Wyoming/Western Nebraska...
A rather long thin to locally moderately dense smoke plume originated
from a fire in eastern Wyoming and moved to the east-southeast across
eastern Wyoming and into western Nebraska by later in the afternoon.
Mexico...
Generally clear skies allowed for detection of numerous seasonal type
fires scattered across portions of Mexico. Many individual smoke plumes
of primarily thin density were also observed with some of the plumes
merging to form larger patches of smoke.
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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