Tuesday, May 2, 2017

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z May 2, 2017

SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Northeast Mexico and southern Texas...
A large area of light to moderately dense smoke from the ongoing seasonal
fires in southeastern Mexico and Central America covered much of the Bay
of Campeche along with the southwestern and central Gulf. The embedded
patch of moderately dense smoke was located more over the Bay of Campeche
and extended northward into the west central Gulf. In general this whole
area of smoke was lifting north over the western Gulf and spreading into
south Texas and up the Rio Grande Valley. Smoke from fires in southern
Mexico along the Pacific coast was also surging northward into northeast
Mexico and south Texas.

Nebraska/Iowa...
An area of thin remnant smoke was seen drifting south along the
Iowa/Nebraska border area. This smoke is likely from agricultural burning
in the northern Plains and southern Canadian prairie provinces.

Northwest Canada...
An area of aerosol that models suggest is long range transport smoke
from Asia was detected over northeast British Columbia and adjoining
provinces. This area was drifting east.

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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/Products/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.