DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z March 31, 2020
SMOKE:
Central U.S…
Seasonal fire activity was increasing through late morning, especially
in eastern Kansas, northern Missouri, and Iowa. However, thus far only
a few of these fires have been observed producing plumes of light smoke.
Mexico/Central America/Western Gulf of Mexico…
Seasonal fires throughout central and southern Mexico and Guatemala
were producing numerous plumes of primarily light smoke. In addition,
smoke likely from similar fires over the previous few days covers much
of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, including the entirety of the Bay
of Campeche. Within this, a patch of moderate density smoke was visible
to the north and west of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Cuba…
Multiple seasonal fires throughout Cuba were seen producing smoke plumes
consisting of mainly light smoke moving northward. A patch of remnant
smoke was also seen between western Cuba and the Florida Keys.
MC
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