DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1755Z May 25, 2019
SMOKE:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Southeastern US...
The continuing 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, Central America, and stretching offshore to the south over
the Pacific. Thin density smoke from this fire activity also extended
northward over the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf Mexico and across
the majority of the states of Texas up to Kansas before drifting towards
the east. Moderately dense smoke can be seen over portions of southern
and eastern Mexico and Central America as well as southern and western
part of the Bay of Campeche and the far western Gulf of Mexico.
Eastern Canada/Western Canada/New England U.S...
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. The smoke plumes continue
even further southeast across New England eventually off the coast,
possibly into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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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