DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100 April 29, 2019
SMOKE:
Southeast US
Several Prescribed burns have been reported in Florida around Lake
Okeechobee.
Light density smoke has been observed with satellite imagery around
this region.
South Central Mexico...
Widespread fire activity has been observed over portions of Central
and Southern
Mexico. The light density smoke persists over a large area including the
Yucatan Peninsula, portions of central and southern Mexico, as well as the
central and southern Gulf of Mexico extending out eastward as well over
portions of the lower Florida Keys. Light density smoke also is affecting
portions of the Western Caribbean close by the Yucatan Peninsula. Moderate
density smoke persists over mainly Central and Southern Mexico as well
as the Southern Gulf of Mexico. Heavy density smoke is affecting central
and southern Mexico especially the southern shores of Mexico and the
Pacific Ocean waters for approximately a couple hundred miles.
Sambucci
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