DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z December 13, 2020
SMOKE: Southeastern United States... Agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of the Southeastern U.S. over Northwestern Florida and into Central/Southern Georgia. Light density smoke was observed from the fire activity ahead of a weather system in satellite imagery. Mexico/Gulf of Mexico... A region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over the states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Light density smoke was also observed over coastal Eastern Mexico from seasonal fire activity observed in the region and out over parts of the Western Gulf of Mexico in evening satellite imagery. Dust... Southern California... A small region of blowing dust was observed north of the Anza-Borrego Desert State park region in Southern California progressing southeastward in satellite imagery this evening. 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