DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 21, 2020
SMOKE:
Veracruz, Tabasco, and the Bay of Campeche…
Fire activity and gas flaring along and in the Bay of Campeche and western
Gulf of Mexico was producing light to moderate density smoke. The light
smoke from the gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche was moving northwest,
then north and north-northeast. Light smoke from fires across Veracruz
and southern Tamaulipas was moving south along the coast and a moderate
density smoke plume over western Tabasco was moving west-southwest.
Cuba…
Fires throughout Cuba were observed emitting smoke this afternoon. Smoke
from fires along the southern coast and the eastern portion of the island
was moving westward, while smoke from the northern part of the island
was moving north. The smoke is mainly light with one or two smoke plumes
of a more moderate density.
BLOWING DUST:
Northern Mexico…
A large area of blowing dust was observed emanating from northern
Chihuahua. The lofted dust was moving generally west into far southern
New Mexico and far northeastern Sonora. Another dust plume was noted
across southern Chihuahua also moving westward approaching northeastern
Durango. More blowing dust was observed moving northwest through San Luis
Potosi and Zacatecas. Further blowing dust may be moving southwest with
smoke plumes in the south-central Mexican states of Jalisco and Colima.
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