DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z January 23, 2021
SMOKE: Central Plains/Mid Mississippi River Valley... Agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of the Central Plains including Kansas and Oklahoma and the Mid Mississippi River Valley including Arkansas, Missouri, and Southern Illinois. Light density smoke was observed from most of the fire activity in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Central/Southern Florida... Agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of Central and Southern Florida. Light density smoke was observed from most of the fire activity progressing eastward towards the Atlantic Ocean in this evening’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Southwestern Gulf of Mexico/Southern Coastal Mexico... Light density smoke was observed from offshore drilling platforms in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico progressing northwestward. Light to moderate density smoke was observed over Coastal Southern Mexico in the Northern Tabasco region progressing westward 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