Saturday, April 27, 2019

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0145Z April 28, 2019

SMOKE:
Northern U.S...
Stagnant light-density smoke could be seen linked to prescribed burns
in western Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.


Southeast U.S...
A few predominantly light-density smoke plumes were observed across
Georgia, Alabama and the Florida panhandle. The smoke was being
transported towards the northeast.


South Central Mexico...
Widespread fire activity was observed in south-central Mexico, Guatemala
and Honduras this afternoon. A large area of moderate-to-heavy density
smoke covers most of the region and extends westward for approximately
500 miles over the Pacific ocean, as well as to the east over the Gulf
of Mexico reaching northwest Cuba and the Florida Keys. The bulk of the
smoke remains stagnant over the region.


DUST:
Arizona...
Blowing dust could be seen off of a mining field near the town of Morenci
moving eastward across the New Mexico border.

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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

 


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.