DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z February 10, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S., Mexico...
An area of light-density smoke continues to cover the states of Veracruz,
eastern Oaxaca, western Chiapas, and western Tabasco, extending to the
north over the western Gulf of Mexico and eastern Mexico, continuing
to flow in a circular motion to the east along the northern Gulf of
Mexico and southeastern U.S. out to the Florida panhandle. The smoke
is also extending south over the Pacific ocean outside of our area of
operations. The plume appears to consist of smoke from seasonal fires in
the region, in addition to gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche
as well as isolated urban pollution/aerosols.
Several insignificant light plumes of smoke due to agricultural burning
were noted throughout the area of coverage today.
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