DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1930Z May 05, 2019
SMOKE:
Southern Texas/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific south of
Mexico/Central America...The ongoing major amount of seasonal burning
continues across portions of Mexico and Central America which resulted
in a very large area of smoke which covered much of central and southern
Mexico, Central America, the Bay of Campeche, the Gulf of Mexico, and
the Pacific south of Mexico and Central America. The thinner density
smoke also appeared to spread farther to the northwest and inland over
southern Texas. Moderately dense to thicker smoke was visible in patches
over southern and eastern Mexico and the northern part of Central America
as well as off the southern coast of Mexico.
Oregon...
Several fires in the southwest, central, and east central portions of
Oregon emitted thin to locally moderately dense smoke plumes which fanned
out and spread generally to the east and southeast during the afternoon.
JS
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