DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0045Z April 17, 2019
SMOKE:
Southeast US...
Multiple light to moderate smoke plumes were seen across the states of
Florida, Georgia and Alabama during the afternoon hours. Smoke plumes
were dispersing towards the west in Florida, northwest in Georgia,
and north-northwest in Alabama.
Central America/Gulf of Mexico ...
Fire activity remains very high along central-southern Mexico,
Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Stagnant light density smoke covers
the entire region extending westward over the Pacific ocean waters, and
also eastward where it blankets the central-western Gulf of Mexico and
the Gulf of Honduras. Moderate-density smoke can also be found across
central-southern Mexico where the concentration of fires is particularly
high including a number of heavier smoke emitters.
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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