DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z April 8, 2019
SMOKE:
Central Plains...
Numerous seasonal fires, primarily focused in eastern Kansas but also
extending through Oklahoma and eastern Nebraska, were seen producing
light-density smoke plumes. The plumes generally have east or
southeastward motion.
Mexico and Honduras...
Scattered seasonal fires along the Pacific coast of Mexico were producing
plumes of light-density smoke. Some hints of remnant smoke over the
Pacific to the southwest of these fires was present, but ill-defined. In
addition, smoke from heavy fire activity in Honduras was seen extending
northward over the Caribbean Sea and the coasts of Belize and the Yucatan
Peninsula. This smoke was medium-density at a minimum, and was drifting
very slowly eastward.
MC
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