DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1710Z March 12, 2021
SMOKE:
Mid-Atlantic/Southeast U.S...
A large area of remnant light density smoke from the previous day’s
widespread seasonal fires covered portions of eastern Alabama and Georgia
in the southwest extending northeast through Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, and southern Virginia extending out approximately 600
miles over the Atlantic Ocean.
Southern Florida...
In Southern Florida two light density smoke plumes attributed to to
seasonal fires were observed moving in a westerly direction.
Mexico and Western Gulf of Mexico/Eastern Pacific Ocean...
A large region of light density smoke was observed over most of Coastal
Eastern Mexico and out over parts of the Western Gulf of Mexico. Light
density smoke was also observed over parts of Southern Mexico and the
Eastern Pacific Ocean. The plumes 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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov