DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0201 April 30, 2019
SMOKE: Southeast U.S... A relatively small number of seasonal fires were detected across southeastern U.S. The majority of visible smoke plumes were light-density with the exception of two moderate to heavy density plumes in the Florida panhandle that were moving north-northwest. Northwest U.S.... Fires in Washington and Oregon were producing light density smoke plumes that were moving southeast. Northern and central California was covered by light density smoke from numerous fires that extended both north and south. Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico... A large mass of thin density smoke from ongoing seasonal burning in Mexico and Central America was seen covering much of southern and eastern Mexico, Central America, and off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. The smoke was also being transported north towards the coast of southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana. 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