DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 16, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S…
A tremendous amount of seasonal burning was detected today over portions
of the Southeastern U.S. resulting in a large number of individual smoke
plumes. Visible smoke was noted over southern Mississippi, central and
southern Alabama, central and southern Georgia, the Florida panhandle,
central and southern South Carolina, and southern North Carolina. The most
concentrated and widespread smoke was seen over the southern portions of
Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, along with the Florida panhandle. In
this region, many of the individual smoke plumes eventually merged
forming larger areas of smoke which were mainly thin in density though
a few thicker plumes were embedded within the region. A bit farther to
the west, cloud cover greatly limited smoke detection across Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Texas.
Cuba…
A substantial amount of seasonal burning resulted in a fair amount of
visible smoke which spread generally to the southwest.
JS
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