Friday, May 24, 2019

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0016Z May 25, 2019

SMOKE:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Southeastern US...
A significant number of agricultural burning throughout portions of
southern Mexico and Central America are responsible for producing a
large body of light density smoke that covers much of Mexico. The smoke
is being carried northward covering the majority of the states of Texas
up to Kansas before drifting towards the east across Missouri and out
over the eastern coast and the Atlantic Ocean, blanketing the states in
between. Moderately dense smoke can be seen sweeping northward through
Texas and western portions of the Gulf of Mexico.

Alaska and Canada...
Wildfires predominantly located in northern Alberta continue to
produce smoke that stretches both toward the east and west across
the country. Light density smoke was visible in eastern portions of
Alaska. Moderately dense smoke stretches into the western Northwest
Territories and the central Yukon Territory.

BOLL


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.