DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 13, 2020
Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Far eastern Mexico…
A region of light density smoke was observed emanating from gas flaring
operations in the Bay of Campeche, as well as from a mixture of gas
flaring and agricultural burning across Tabasco and southern Veracruz. The
resulting smoke plumes covered the Western Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of
Campeche, and the Mexican states of Tabasco, Veracruz, and southern
Tamaulipas. Much of the smoke was moving north-northwest, then north
and north-northeastward ahead of a cold front.
Central Chihuahua…
A concentrated area of agricultural burning in central Chihuahua was
observed this afternoon. The light to moderate smoke emanating from
these fires was generally being blown southeastward.
The Yucatan Peninsula and Central America…
Widespread fire activity was producing scattered light smoke plumes
this afternoon all across the Yucatan Peninsula and northern Central
America. These smoke plumes were extending west-northwestward to
northwestward from the parent fires.
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