DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z April 13, 2019
SMOKE:
Florida/Georgia...
A significant amount of seasonal burning was observed across Florida
and southwestern Georgia. Only a few smoke plumes of thin density around
Lake Okeechobee were seen due to cloud coverage.
Central plains...
A large number of seasonal/agricultural fires were detected across eastern
Texas, Oklahoma, central-eastern Kansas, southern Missouri, and northern
Arkansas with thin density smoke plumes moving east-southeast.
Mexico/Central America/Western Gulf of Mexico...
Numerous seasonal fires were observed over central-eastern-southern
Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. A large number of smoke plumes were
seen in the imagery during the afternoon hours. While the majority of
the smoke was light density, some of these smoke plumes were moderate in
density. 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.
YL/WS
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