THROUGH 0200Z March 24, 2021
Florida...
In Florida two large light density smoke plumes attributed to seasonal
fire activity were observed moving in a northerly direction..
Eastern Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern Texas…
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 Gulf of Mexico,
eastern Mexico, and southern Texas.
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.
Mexico...
Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout Mexico causing a
large number of light to moderate density smoke plumes.
Cuba...
Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout Cuba causing a
large number of light to moderate density smoke plumes observed in a
northerly direction.
DUST:
Southern and Central-Texas, Louisiana, Southern Arkansas, Mexico...
A swath of leftover thin to perhaps moderate density blowing dust
kicked up yesterday over western Texas and northern Mexico was visible
this afternoon across northern Mexico, and all of southern Texas. The
dust then extended to the north over most of 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.
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