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