DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z January 6, 2021
SMOKE: Southeastern United States... Widespread agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of the Southeastern United States. The fire activity was observed over Southern Alabama, Southern Georgia, Florida, Southern Mississippi, and Southern/Western Louisiana. Light density smoke was observed from most of the fire activity with some isolated fires emitting moderate to heavy density smoke. The smoke from most of the fire activity in the region was observed progressing southward and southeastward towards both the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Northern Gulf of Mexico in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Southeastern Cuba, Southern Jamaica, and Central/Northeastern Mexico... Seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of Central and Northeastern Mexico with light density smoke observed from most of the fire activity. Seasonal fire activity was also observed over parts of Southeastern Cuba and Southern Jamaica with light density smoke observed from the fire activity 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