DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z May 26, 2019
SMOKE:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Central US/Eastern US...
Continued agricultural burning and some wildfire activity throughout
portions of southern Mexico and Central America are responsible for
producing a large body of light to moderate density smoke that covers much
of Mexico, Central America, and the western Gulf of Mexico. Remnant smoke
has stretched northward through Texas and up to Kansas. Light density
smoke transferred by the weather system also coves the Ohio Valley and
was visible across the Eastern US coastline before extending farther
out over the Atlantic Ocean. Moderately dense smoke was visible over
the southwestern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and along and off the
southern coast of Mexico.
Alaska/Canada/New England U.S...
Wildfires located in northern Alberta are predominantly responsible
for an extremely large area of varying density smoke that can be seen
stretching from eastern Alaska across a large portion of Canada with the
exception of Hudson Bay (cloud covered) and part of Quebec. The smoke
also extended down over the Northwestern U.S. from Montana and Wyoming
eastward to New England. Moderately dense to thick smoke was noted over
much of western and northwestern Canada as well as a portion of Montana
Smoke was also spreading to the west and to the south off the coast of
British Columbia and off the Pacific Northwest coast.
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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