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