THROUGH 1700Z March 23, 2021
Eastern Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern
Louisiana…
Thin density smoke attributed to the daily seasonal fire activity
occurring in Mexico along with some contribution from oil rig flaring in
the Bay of Campeche was seen this morning across the Bay of Campeche,
the western Gulf of Mexico, eastern Mexico, and possibly southern
Louisiana. Farther to the north over southern and southeastern Texas,
the aerosol which was seen there was believed to be composed more of
blowing dust.
Southern Mexico/Northern Central America/Pacific south of Mexico…
An aerosol likely composed mainly of thin density smoke could be
seen along portions of southern Mexico and northern Central America
and extending to the south offshore over the Pacific. This smoke is
from the daily seasonal fire activity occurring in southern Mexico and
Central America.
DUST:
Southern and Southeastern Texas/Western Louisiana/Southern Arkansas…
A swath of leftover thin to perhaps moderate density blowing dust kicked
up yesterday over western Texas and northern Mexico was visible this
morning across northern Mexico, and southern and southeastern Texas. The
dust then extended to the north over western and northern Louisiana and
southern Arkansas. It is not known how far north the dust extended from
satellite imagery due to extensive cloud cover over portions of the
central U.S.
JS
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