DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 29, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern US...
Widespread agricultural burning was observed across most of the
Southeastern US especially across the Florida Peninsula including
Northern/Central/South Florida as well as in Southern Georgia, Southern
Alabama, Southern Mississippi, and most of Louisiana. Scattered
Fire activity was also observed in parts of South Carolina and North
Carolina. A large region of light density smoke was observed along the
Northern Gulf Coast. Moderate and heavy density smoke was observed from
several of these fires and light density smoke was observed from most of
the fires. The smoke from the fire activity is progressing Northeastward
in the Carolinas, along the Northern Gulf Coast, and in the Southeast
US the smoke is progressing Southeastward this evening.
Southern Plains and Texas...
Widespread agricultural burning was observed from fire activity across
parts of Texas as well as most of Oklahoma, parts of Eastern Kansas,
and most of Arkansas. Moderate and heavy density smoke was observed from
several of these fires and light density smoke was observed from most
of these fires progressing Southeastward this evening. A large complex
fire was observed in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in South Texas
with moderate and heavy density smoke in the vicinity of the fire and
light density smoke further from the fire seen in GOES16 Visible imagery
this evening.
Northern/Central California...
GOES17 West Visible imagery observed isolated and scattered fire activity
with one smoke plume observed in Fresno county in Central California. The
smoke observed from this fire is moderate to heavy in the vicinity of the
fire and lighter further from the fire and is progressing Northeastward
this evening.
Central/Southern Mexico...
Seasonal fire activity was observed in most parts of Central Mexico and
few parts of Southern Mexico. Light density smoke was seen from these
fires this evening.
Sambucci
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