DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 1, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern Mexico…
Light smoke was observed coming out of fire activity all across eastern
Mexico. A cold front was over central Veracruz. South of the front, smoke
was moving off toward the northwest. North of the front, most smoke was
moving off toward the west or southwest. And in the higher elevations,
smoke was observed moving off towad the east-northeast.
Northern Baja California…
A few smoke plumes were visible from fires in the agricultural region
north of the Colorado River Delta, one of which was of moderate
thickness. Smoke was moving in many different directions, ranging from
west to north to east.
BLOWING DUST:
Northern Baja California…
In the same region where smoke was observed north of the Colorado River
Delta, one area was producing a dust plume that was observed moving
southeast across the Colorado River Delta into the northern Gulf of
California.
Central Mexico…
Dust was observed emanating from the western portions of Lago de Cuitzeo
in central Mexico. The dust plume was moving off toward the northeast.
-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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov