DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z January 24, 2020
SMOKE:
South Florida…
Presumably agricultural in nature, light smoke from a dozen or so fires
across southern Florida was observed moving from east to west across
southern Florida.
South Texas…
Smoke from about 10 fires across southern Texas was observed moving
south this afternoon. The smoke was mainly light in nature, but one or
two did produce moderate smoke.
Central Chihuahua…
Numerous fires across the central portions of the Mexican State of
Chihuahua were producing light to moderate density smoke. The smoke
from these fires was moving in many different directions, with a slight
preference for moving toward the east.
Elsewhere…
Across much of the eastern CONUS and parts of the central CONUS and
central Mexico, cloud cover is limiting the analysis of smoke in those
places. There is likely some smoke that cannot be analyzed due to
the weather cloud cover, especially across the southeastern CONUS and
central Mexico.
-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