DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z April 25, 2019
SMOKE:
Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Southern Texas...
A significant amount of ongoing seasonal burning was noted in satellite
imagery across portions of southern and southeastern Mexico and Central
America. This resulted in a large mass of visible smoke covering a good
part of southern and eastern Mexico and Central America as well as off the
southern coast of Mexico and Central America. The smoke also extended to
the north over the Bay of Campeche and up over southern Texas though cloud
cover over Texas limited information on its northward extent. Moderately
dense smoke was seen over the northern portion of Central America,
southeastern Mexico, and over the Bay of Campeche. The thickest smoke was
visible over El Salvador, southern Honduras, and southwestern Nicaragua.
JS
North/Central U.S....
Numerous fires, mostly in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota,
were seen producing light density smoke plumes that were moving
north-northeast.
Southeast U.S....
Although there was cloud coverage over this area, fires and their smoke
plumes were visible through some gaps. There were a few moderate to
heavy density plumes seen moving northeast in Alabama, Georgia, and
South Carolina.
Northwest U.S....
Fires in eastern Washington and northern California were seen producing
moderate to heavy smoke plumes that were moving east.
Canada...
The majority of fires seen in Canada today were in southern Saskatchewan
and Manitoba. There were two particular fires in Saskatchewan producing
moderate to heavy smoke plumes and moving east-southeast throughout
the day.
Rodriguez
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