DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0350z March 13, 2021
SMOKE: Mid-Atlantic/Southeast U.S... A large area of light density smoke from today’s and yesterday’s widespread seasonal fires covered portions of eastern Alabama and Georgia extending northeast to South Carolina, North Carolina, and southern Virginia extending out over the Atlantic Ocean to just southeast of Newfoundland. Florida... Several light density plumes from agricultural burns over the central and southern part of the state were detected moving to the west-southwest. 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 appear 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. Konon 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