DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0032Z January 1, 2021
SMOKE:
Southern Florida...
Numerous agricultural fires primarily south of Lake Okeechobee in
southern Florida were emitting thin density smoke plumes which combined
into one large plumb that was moving quickly off to the northeast as
evening approached.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific
Ocean South of Mexico and Central America, Texas through Florida...
A typical mix of smoke and aerosols from seasonal burning and oil
and gas flaring was observed over portions of central, southern, and
eastern Mexico, northwestern Central America, an area in the tropical
eastern Pacific south of the Mexico and Central America coastlines, the
southwestern Bay of Campeche, the western and northern Gulf of Mexico,
continuing north into Texas and east into the Florida panhandle along
the coastline.
Eglin
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