DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0152Z December 31, 2020
SMOKE…
Mexico…
Scattered fire activity across eastern Mexico including Tamaulipas and
Veracuz were observed emitting thin smoke plumes. Additional scattered
fire activity in central and northern Mexico was also producing thin
smoke plumes. More concentrated fire activity near the border of Mexico
and southern California was also observed emitting long streams of light
density smoke that moved toward the south.
Florida…
A handful of light density smoke plumes were observed moving west toward
Lake Okeechobee in east-central Florida peninsula earlier today.
No other areas of smoke were observed due to an exceptional amount of
cloud cover throughout the entirety of the United States and Canada.
Snow cover in the central plains also decreased visibility of potential
thin smoke plumes associated with widespread agricultural fire activity.
-J.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