DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 5, 2020
SMOKE:
Florida...A number of smoke plumes of varying density were visible
across the Florida peninsula which moved off mainly to the northeast
with a number of the plumes merging to form larger areas of smoke.
Central U.S…
A large number of seasonal fires were detected over eastern Kansas,
southeastern Nebraska, southern Iowa, northern Missouri, and northern and
central Illinois though only a few thin density smoke plumes were seen in
satellite imagery due to cloudiness moving across the region. Farther to
the south, significant cloud cover over the South Central and Southeastern
U.S. greatly limited fire and smoke detection in satellite imagery.
Cuba…
Widespread fires across Cuba produced quite a bit of smoke with areas of
thin density smoke seen spreading to the north off the northwestern part
of the island. This smoke drifted northward across the lower Florida Keys.
Mexico/Central America…
A significant amount of seasonal fire activity was noted over Mexico
and Central America resulting in areas of smoke over the region.
DUST:
Nebraska…
A swath of what is believed to be thin density blowing dust originated
from western Nebraska and moved eastward over the central part of the
state during the afternoon.
Oregon…
A couple of narrow bands of thin to moderate density blowing dust could
be seen moving to the east from sources in south central Oregon.
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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