DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1801Z March 26, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S…
Scattered seasonal fire activity along the Gulf Coast region was
responsible for a number of primarily thin density smoke plumes which
moved to the north this morning and early afternoon. The smoke was most
prevalent across southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, southern Georgia,
and the Florida panhandle. Fires south of Lake Okeechobee were emitting
light smoke plumes which moved south.
Central and South Central U.S…
Scattered seasonal fires were detected across portions of Texas, Oklahoma,
and Kansas but due to cloud coverage in the area, no smoke plumes were
visible.
Mexico/Central America/Cuba…
A significant amount of seasonal fires were detected over southern
and southeastern Mexico, Central America, and Cuba. A tremendous
amount of remnant visible smoke combined with today’s smoke created
a concentrated and thicker density smoke that spread west from larger
fires in east central Mexico and continued to move north across Mexico
and into southern Texas.
Rodriguez
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