DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z May 27, 2019
SMOKE:
Eastern US...
Residual smoke was observed off the West Coast of Florida near the
panhandle.
Western Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Texas...
A large number of agricultural burning in Mexico and Central America
continue to produce a considerable amount of light density smoke that
cover the area, portions of Texas, and the western Gulf of Mexico. An
area of moderately dense smoke can be seen over the Gulf as well.
Alaska/Canada/New England U.S...
A wildfire in east-central Alaska is producing localized moderately dense
smoke in the area. Wildfires located in northern Alberta are predominantly
responsible for an large area of varying density smoke that can be
seen stretching from eastern British Columbia to Manitoba. Due to heavy
cloud cover this morning only a small area of thick density smoke was
visible in Central Alberta this morning. The smoke was observed blowing
west. Many large fires are still burning in the area and assumed to be
outputting a large quantity of smoke.
-Westbrook
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