Tuesday, January 19, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0400Z January 20, 2021

SMOKE:
Florida...
Agricultural burning was observed around the Lake Okeechobee.  Light
to moderate density smoke was observed from the fire activity moving
westward.

Louisiana to South Carolina...
Numerous light density plumes from agricultural fires were detected
from southern Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast to the Florida Peninsula,
into southern Georgia and southwestern South Carolina.  The plumes from
Louisiana to the Florida Peninsula were moving to the northeast while
the plumes in Georgia and South Carolina were spreading more east-
northeast.


DUST:
Nevada/California...
Two plumes of dust originating over northwestern Nevada were detected
this afternoon spreading westward into northeastern California.

Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of light density Saharan dust was observed afternoon
off the Western African coast covering parts of the eastern tropical
Atlantic.

Konon


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.