DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z December 23, 2020
SMOKE... Central and Southeastern United States ... Agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed over a large portion of the Central and Southeastern U.S. The fire activity was observed mainly in the Central Plains west of the Mississippi River, but as well in parts of the Northern and Southern Plains. Fire activity was more widespread however over parts of the Southeastern U.S. Light density smoke was observed from the fires in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Western U.S and Northwestern Mexico... Fire activity was observed over parts of the Western U.S. including parts of Central/Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State. Light to moderate density smoke was observed from a fire complex in North-Central Oregon. Fire activity was also observed in Northwestern Mexico around the Northern Baja. Light to moderate density smoke was also observed from the fires in GOES visible satellite imagery. Mexico and Southwestern Gulf of Mexico... Seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of Mexico with mainly light density smoke emitted from the fires. Light to moderate density smoke from offshore drilling platforms was observed over the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico progressing westward in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. 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