DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300z May 17, 2019
SMOKE:
Mexico/Gulf of Mexico...
Fire activity remains relatively high across central-southern
Mexico. A large area of light-to-moderate density smoke covers most of
central-southern Mexico. The plume extends towards the west over the
Pacific Ocean off southern Mexico and to the north-northeast covering the
southern half of Gulf of Mexico. Heavier smoke concentration dominates
some of the south-central Mexican states this smoke was observed traveling
Northeast towards the U.S.
Southeastern U.S...
Numerous fires could be seen this afternoon across the Florida panhandle,
Georgia and the Carolinas. A few light-density smoke plumes were observed
in North Carolina moving towards the east, while a larger plume composed
of light density smoke extended east off of the Atlantic coast.
Canada...
Fires in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba were producing light to
moderate smoke plumes traveling south towards the North Dakota and
Montana borders.
-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