DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 5, 2019
SMOKE:
Southern Florida...
A number of fires across southern Florida, mainly to the south and
southwest of Lake Okeechobee, produced smoke plumes of thin density which
merged as they spread to the east and off the southeast coast of Florida.
Bay of Campeche/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico...
An area of thin density aerosol was visible across a good portion of the
Bay of Campeche and the southwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. This
aerosol was likely composed at least in part from smoke from the oil
rigs in the Bay of Campeche and nearby seasonal burning occurring over
southeastern Mexico.
Northeastern Pacific/Aleutians...
A large area of what is believed to be mainly thin density smoke was
seen spreading to the east across the western Aleutian Islands and over
the Pacific to the south and southwest of the Aleutians. This smoke was
likely from recent fire activity in eastern Asia.
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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