DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
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A large area of smoke is associated with a tremendous amount of fire activity in Guatemala and the Yucatan region of Mexico. The movement of the smoke is being affected by a frontal system in the Gulf of Mexico. The smoke is basically aligned with the front and extends from the southwest Gulf in the Bay of Campeche northeastward across the northern Yucatan and into south Florida. The heaviest/thickest smoke is over the Bay of Campeche and the northern Yucatan as well as over inland areas. The smoke has also quickly spread into the East Pacific over the Gulf of Tehuantepec and fanning out from there. This is an area of moderately dense to dense smoke. Other smoke plumes associated with actively burning fires were seen over Oregon and Washington, Arizona and New Mexico and over portions of east Oklahoma, east Texas and Arkansas. Details can be seen in the links to the graphics below. Ruminski THE FORMAT OF THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS BEING MODIFIED. IT WILL NO LONGER DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PLUMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THESE PLUMES ARE DEPICTED IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html THIS TEXT PRODUCT WILL CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH HAVE BECOME DETACHED FROM AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. IT WILL ALSO STILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF BLOWING DUST. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES OR THE SMOKE TEXT PRODUCT IN GENERAL SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov