DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200z February 18, 2019
SMOKE: Florida... Scattered fire activity across east central and south central Florida produced a number of smoke plumes of varying density with some merging to form somewhat larger patches of smoke which spread to the northeast and eventually off thhere were a couple of fires along the western coast of Florida producing moderate to heavy smoke that was moving towards the northeast into the Atlantic Ocean.e east coast of Florida. Texas... A fire located to the southeast of San Angelo in Tom Green county of west central Texas was responsible for a smoke plume of varying density which moved generally to the south and southwest during the day. Southwestern Arizona... A fire near the Colorado River, specifically near Mittry Lake Wildlife Area, in far southwestern Arizona emitted a plume of mainly thin density smoke which moved to the east-northeast. DUST: South Central New Mexico... A swath of moderate density blowing dust originated from White Sands in south central New Mexico during the late afternoon and moved off to the east-northeast. 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/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