DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0215Z January 16, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S, Colorado, Texas, Gulf of Mexico, San Clemente
Island--U.S., Baja Mexico,and the Southeastern Pacific...
Across the Southeastern U.S. numerous light density smoke plumes due
to seasonal burning were observed with the smoke generally moving in
a easterly direction. In southeastern Colorado a large fire due to a
possible wildfire could be seen producing light and moderate density
smoke that was moving south over western Oklahoma ans Texas. In southeast
Texas numerous light density smoke plumes likely due to seasonal burning
were observed with the smoke moving to the south and southeast over the
Gulf of Mexico. In Baja Mexico and San Clemente Island three large fires
were producing light smoke plumes with areas of moderate smoke due to
possible wildfires. The smoke was seen moving to the southwest forming
a large area of smoke over the Southeastern Pacific.
DUST:
An area of blowing dust was seen extending from the Texas Panhandle
northwest through the Oklahoma Panhandle through southwestern Kansas
and into eastern Colorado.
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