DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z May 20, 2019
SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific off the coast of Mexico
and Central America...
Multiple large areas 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 western Gulf of Mexico. The smoke over this region is light
in density. The smoke also extended to the south and off the southern
coast of Mexico and Central America with light to moderate density areas.
Western Canada...
Several large wildfires continue to burn across central and northern
Alberta resulting in moderately to thick dense smoke plumes. The smoke
from the wildfires has moved north than turning northeast as it spreads
across a large section of northern Alberta and into the Northwest
Territories.
J Kibler
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