DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 27, 2019
SMOKE:
Bay of Campeche/Veracruz...
A combination of smoke from gas/oil flaring in the Bay of Campeche and
fire activity throughout the Mexican state of Veracruz are combining
to create a sizable area of mainly light smoke across those areas. The
smoke is generally moving west.
Northern Central America and southern Mexico...
A dozen or two smoke plumes were noted from northern Nicaragua into
southern Mexico. Much of the smoke observed was moving south, although
one or two in Guatemala were moving west.
Elsewhere...
A few very widely scattered smoke plumes were observed throughout the
CONUS and Canada. Four or five were noted from northwestern Louisiana into
southeastern Texas moving north-northwest with other smoke plumes noted in
the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valleys, Oregon, Nebraska, Kansas, and Alberta.
Hosley
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