DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z January 14, 2020
Florida Peninsula...
Numerous fires were observed throughout the Floridian peninsula. The smoke
from these fires was observed moving off mainly towards the northwest.
Alberta…
A handful of fires were observed across western Alberta. Smoke from
these fires was moving off towards the southeast.
Northern Mexico…
Across the agricultural region near the Colorado River delta,
north-central Sonora, and northwestern Chihuahua, widespread burning
was observed this afternoon. The smoke from these areas was generally
moving off towards the east.
Central Mexico…
Presumably agricultural burning across central Mexico west-northwest of
Mexico City, as well as the area in central Veracruz, was abundant this
afternoon. Numerous smoke plumes were observed being emitted from mainly
the fires west-northwest of Mexico City. The smoke from the majority of
these fires was moving generally westward
Cuba...
Continued fire activity, especially in the southern and eastern portions
of the island, was visibly producing light density smoke moving westward
off of the coast.
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