Sunday, January 12, 2020

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2000Z January 12, 2020

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas...
Multiple fires observed at the southern portion of the Anahuac National
Wildlife Refuge located east of Galveston Bay, Texas. The fires were
emitting light density smoke plumes that were moving northwest.

South-central Florida...
Light density smoke was visible moving north-northwest from fires
located south of Lake Okeechobee prior to afternoon cloud cover obscuring
visibility.

Cuba...
Multiple fires observed along the southwestern side of Cuba were producing
plumes of light density smoke extending westward offshore.

Bay of Campeche/Northeastern Mexico...
Intermittent plumes of light density smoke were observed moving northward
from scattered fire activity over northeastern Mexico.  An additional
area of light density smoke was observed moving northwest from the rigs
in the Bay of Campeche into the Gulf of Mexico.


Levine



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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.