Thursday, December 10, 2020

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0001Z December 11, 2020

SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S…
A couple of leftover remnant patches of thin density smoke attributed
to yesterday’s round of significant seasonal fire activity in the
South Central and Southeastern U.S. were visible this morning. One
was seen moving to the northeast over northern Mississippi while the
second one was moving east over southern Alabama and the western Florida
panhandle. Otherwise, a few thin density plumes were noted moving to
the south from agricultural fires south of Lake Okeechobee in southern
Florida.

Later this afternoon and into the evening various light to medium density
smoke plumes were seen emitting from the fires scattered throughout the
southeast. The majority of them were moving towards the northeast

Central Texas…
A medium to heavy smoke plume was seen emitting north from a cluster of
fires seen in south-central Texas.

Northwestern U.S. …
A few light smoke plumes were seen emitting north from fires located
in across the southern border of Oregon. There were also plumes seen in
northern California but they remained in proximity to the fires.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.