DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1715Z May 11, 2019
SMOKE:
Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Gulf of Mexico...
Wide spread fire activity can be observed across central-southern Mexico
this morning. A large area of moderate-to-heavy density smoke covers
most of central-southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. The
plume extends to west for approximately 200 miles over the Pacific ocean
waters off southwest Mexico, to the east over the Gulf of Honduras,
and to the north-northeast over the majority of the Gulf of Mexico. The
smoke originating from southern Mexico and the Yucatan peninsula is
moving northwest towards the western Gulf Mexico where some of the
highest concentrations are found. Other areas of high smoke concentration
include the Gulf of Honduras and the Mexican states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and
Guerrero where low and variable surface winds prevent smoke dispersion.
WS
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