DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1801Z April 12, 2019
SMOKE:
Florida...
A significant amount of seasonal burning was observed across Florida
along with a few smoke plumes of thin density around Lake Okeechobee.
Central plains...
A large number of seasonal/agricultural fires were detected across
southeastern Oklahoma, northeastern Kansas, southern Missouri, and
northern Arkansas with thin density smoke plumes moving east-southeast.
Mexico/Western Gulf of Mexico...
A relatively larger area of thin density smoke was visible over a portion
of the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf of Mexico extending north
towards the coast of southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana.
A large number of fires were seen overnight and early this morning towards
the center of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Due to cloud coverage,
smoke plumes were not visible.
DUST:
West Texas...
Blowing dusts were seen in Texas border with the Mexican state Chihuahua
extending east toward the north of Big Bend region.
Rodriguez
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