Thursday, February 11, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z February 12, 2021


SMOKE:
Southeastern Arizona...
In Southeastern Arizona a large area of thin to heavy density smoke due
to probable wildfires was observed moving to the east.

Southern New Mexico...
In Southern New Mexico a large smoke plume of thin to moderate density
smoke due to probable wildfires was observed moving to the east.

Southern and Eastern Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean...
A large region of light density smoke was observed over parts of the
western Gulf of Mexico and eastern Mexico extending over parts of
Southern Mexico including the states of Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas,
and Veracruz. The smoke is also extending south  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.


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

 


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.