DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z April 4, 2020
SMOKE:
South Florida…
Agricultural burning was observed South of Lake Okeechobee in South
Florida with mainly light density smoke observed from these fires. The
smoke from the fires is progressing Southeastward this morning.
Southern Mexico/Honduras/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico…
A large region of light density smoke was observed this morning with
GOES16 RGB Visible imagery over the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico along
the coast of Mexico south of Texas. Large regions of light to moderate
density smoke were also observed over portions of Southern Mexico and
most of Honduras. The smoke from the fire activity is mainly progressing
Northwestward this morning.
Cuba..
Isolated seasonal fire activity was observed this morning with GOES16
RGB Visible imagery with light to moderate density smoke observed from
the fire activity. The smoke from the fires is moving Southwestward
this morning.
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