DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1822Z April 6, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S...
A few scattered plumes of light density smoke were observed moving
north and west of rather light fire activity in Georgia, Alabama and
the panhandle of Florida.
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico...
A very large area of remnant and new smoke, of primarily light density,
was observed extending from the on-shore widespread fire activity and
extending beyond the Bay of Campeche rigs into the Gulf of Mexico.
Additional plumes of light density smoke from fires further onshore in
the Yucatan were observed moving northwest. A large complex of fires in
the far southern portions of Mexico were also creating plumes of medium to
heavy density smoke moving west and north of the fires. Winds throughout
Mexico appeared to be turning from easterly to southeasterly steering
light to medium density plumes throughout the country.
Cuba...
Widespread seasonal burning was observed across most of Cuba. Large areas
of light density smoke were observed moving offshore to the west on the
western flank of the island.
Levine
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