DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z May 20, 2019
SMOKE:
Southern and Southeastern Texas/Louisiana/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central
America/Pacific off the coast of Mexico and Central America...
The large mass of varying density smoke from ongoing fire activity across
Mexico and Central America was visible today across much of that region
with the smoke also spreading northward over the Bay of Campeche and the
central and western Gulf of Mexico. The smoke appeared to reach inland
over southern and southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana though
cloud cover in this region did interfere with smoke detection farther
inland. The smoke also extended to the south and off the southern coast
of Mexico and Central America.
Western Canada...
Several large wildfires continue to burn across central and northern
Alberta resulting in thick smoke plumes which fanned out as they spread
to the north with the smoke extending into the Northwest Territories
over Great Slave Lake.
South Central Canada...
Seasonal/agricultural type fire activity over southern Saskatchewan and
southern Manitoba was responsible for a number of thin density smoke
plumes which moved off to the west.
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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