DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z March 18, 2020
SMOKE:
South Florida/Southeastern Georgia...
Seasonal agricultural burning was observed in the Lake Okeechobee region
of South Florida with mainly light density smoke observed progressing
westward this morning/early afternoon. A small region of light density
smoke was observed over Southeastern Georgia this morning in latest
GOES imagery.
Cuba…
Isolated fire activity was observed across parts of Cuba with mainly light
density smoke observed progressing Westward this morning/early afternoon.
Southern Mexico/ Northern Guatemala/ Western Yucatan Peninsula...
Seasonal fire activity was observed in GOES imagery this morning with
most of the fire activity in parts of Southern Mexico, Northern Guatemala,
and the Western Yucatan Peninsula. Light density smoke was observed from
most of the fires with a few fires emitted moderate to heavy density
smoke. The smoke from these fires is progressing Southward and Westward
this morning/early afternoon.
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