DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 13, 2020
SMOKE:
South Central and Southeastern U.S…
Quite a few smoke plumes from seasonal burning were visible across
portions of the South Central and Southeastern U.S. during the
day. The most significant smoke was seen emanating from fires in the
area stretching from eastern Texas across western Louisiana, southern
Mississippi, southern Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. In this area,
a number of moderately dense to thick smoke plumes quickly fanned out
and spread off to the northeast while gradually thinning in density.
Northwestern U.S…
Widely scattered mainly thin density smoke plumes were seen with seasonal
fire activity in northern and central California, Oregon, southern and
eastern Washington, and southern Idaho.
Southern Mexico/Central America/Cuba…
Seasonal burning resulted in many individual smoke plumes and slightly
larger patches of smoke.
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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