DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z January 11, 2020
SMOKE:
Significant cloud cover over the eastern half of the U.S. significantly
limited both fire and smoke detection in satellite imagery.
Mexico/Northern Central America/Bay of Campeche...
Scattered areas of seasonal burning was responsible for patches of
mainly thin density smoke over portions of Mexico and northern Central
America during the day. Fires in extreme southeastern California and
northern Baja as well as northern Sonora in northwestern Mexico were
responsible for areas of thin to moderate density smoke which spread to
the south. Other patches of thin density smoke were noted farther to
the southeast over south central and southeastern Mexico. An area of
thin density smoke from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche spread to
the northwest during the day.
DUST:
Northern Mexico...
Rather widespread blowing dust was visible moving to the east from
numerous sources in northern Mexico south of the Big Bend region of
southwestern Texas.
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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