DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z December 12, 2019
SMOKE:
South Central U.S...
Widespread fire activity was observed throughout the south central
U.S. Fires stretched from southeastern Texas and Louisiana to Kansas and
Missouri were responsible for a number of visible smoke plumes. The most
widespread smoke was associated with the fires over southeastern Texas,
relatively close to the border with southwestern Louisiana. The varying
density smoke from these fires spread to the southwest and off to the
coast of southeastern Texas.
Florida...
Scattered agricultural fires were observed near Lake Okeechobee in
south-central Florida producing light density smoke moving toward
northeast.
Bay of Campeche...
Typical smoke emissions from oil rigs in the eastern Bay of Campeche were
observed moving off toward the north-northwest, then the south-southwest.
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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