DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z May 6, 2018

SMOKE:
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL US/SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA...
SCATTERED SEASONAL FIRE ACTIVITY WAS NOTED ACROSS A BROAD REGION
STRETCHING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL US
TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS REGION. A FEW MAINLY THIN DENSITY SMOKE PLUMES
WERE ALSO VISIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE FIRES.

MEXICO/CENTRAL AMERICA...
A LARGE AMOUNT OF SEASONAL BURNING WAS DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO, AND CENTRAL AMERICA RESULTING IN A VERY LARGE REGION
OF PRIMARILY THIN DENSITY SMOKE WHICH WAS PRESENT OVER THESE AREAS AND
EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH OVER THE PACIFIC.

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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.