DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z March 16, 2019
SMOKE:
Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico...
A large area of primarily thin density smoke associated from a significant
amount of seasonal burning occurring in southern and eastern Mexico and
Central America was visible across a good portion of Central America and
southern and eastern Mexico as well as the Bay of Campeche and up over
the south central Gulf of Mexico. Flaring from the oil rigs in the Bay
of Campeche contributed to the smoke out over the Gulf of Mexico.
Florida...
Scattered fire activity across the Florida peninsula resulted in a
number of mainly thin density smoke which moved generally to the east
and east-northeast during the day.
South Central U.S...
Seasonal fires scattered over northern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and
southern Missouri were producing plumes of thin density smoke which
moved primarily to the south and southeast.
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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