DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 08, 2019
SMOKE:
Southern Texas/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific...
Seasonal burning across portions of Mexico and Central America resulted in
a large area of smoke which covered much of central and southern Mexico,
Central America, the southwestern Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche, and off
the southern coast of Mexico and Central America over the Pacific. The
thinner portion of the smoke extends as far north as southern Texas. It
may reach farther, but weather clouds obscured the view. Thicker areas
of smoke were seen over the portions of far southern Mexico and Central
America and off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America.
Southern Canada/North Central U.S...
Seasonal fires scattered over far south central Canada as well as North
Dakota and Minnesota were responsible for many individual smoke plumes
of primarily thin density over the specified region.
Florida...
Fires along the Panhandle were observed emitting light to moderate
density smoke blowing Southwest into the Gulf of Mexico.
-Westbrook
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