DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 23, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S…
Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous visible smoke plumes of
mainly thin density especially across southern Georgia, northern Florida,
southern Alabama, southern Mississippi, and southern Louisiana. The
smoke was most prominent over southwestern Georgia, northern Florida,
and southern Alabama where a few locally moderate to thick density
smoke plumes were present. The smoke generally moved off to the west
and southwest.
Central U.S…
A significant amount of seasonal fires were detected across the Central
U.S. though enough cloudiness was present at times to greatly limit
smoke detection in satellite imagery.
New Jersey…
A number of fires in central and southern New Jersey resulted in thin
to locally moderate density smoke plumes which merged over eastern and
southeastern New Jersey forming a larger mass of thin density smoke
which eventually moved east and off the coast.
North Central California…
A combination of agricultural and seasonal fires were detected in and
adjacent to the Sacramento Valley region resulting in areas of mainly
thin density smoke.
Hawaii…
A fire in southwestern Kahoolawe was emitting thin to moderate density
smoke which quickly fanned out as it spread well offshore to the west.
DUST:
Northern Baja...A relatively small patch of blowing dust originated from
sources in far northern Baja and moved off to the east with the leading
edge possibly reaching extreme southwestern Arizona by sunset.
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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