DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z January 29, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeast US…
Across the southeastern CONUS, widespread fire activity and associated
smoke plumes were observed this afternoon. The smoke plumes, generally
light in nature with a few that are producing moderate density smoke
(one in FL panhandle, one in far southern FL). Smoke across southeastern
Alabama, southern Georgia and South Carolina was moving southeast while
smoke across Florida was moving south-southwest. The fire in far southern
Florida was moving off toward the East.
Texas…
A fire in south-central Texas was producing moderate smoke. This smoke
plume extended to the coast.
Bay of Campeche/Yucatan…
Smoke from gas flaring across the Coast of the Bay of Campeche and from
within the Bay of Campeche was producing a large area of smoke this
afternoon. Much of the smoke was moving off towards the west or northwest.
Cuba…
About a handful of fires throughout Cuba were observed emitting light
smoke this afternoon. The smoke from these fires was moving toward the
east-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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov