Sunday, February 17, 2019

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

 


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.