DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z February 11, 2021
SMOKE:
Southern and Eastern Mexico/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean...
A large region of light density smoke was observed over parts of the
Southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke was also observed
over parts of Southern and Eastern Mexico including the Mexico states
of Tabasco, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz. The smoke is also extending south
over Mexico into 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