DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100 May 28, 2019
SMOKE:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Texas/Oklahoma...
A large number of agricultural burning in Mexico and Central America
continue to produce a considerable amount of smoke across the
region. Pockets of moderate-density smoke can be seen over central
and western Mexico, extending into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and
Pacific ocean. Another plume consisting of light density smoke originates
in northern Mexico and stretches northeast into Texas and Oklahoma.
Canada...
A few large wildfires in northern Alberta in addition to several
smaller fires in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba are responsible for
a large plume that extends from the Pacific ocean off British Columbia
to northern Ontario.
DUST:
Southwest US/Northern Mexico...
Blowing dust can be seen originating from dry lake beds and bare land
in northern Mexico, southeast Arizona, southern New Mexico and western
Texas. The dust is being transported towards the northeast following
the low-level atmospheric flow, with highest concentrations seen along
southeast New Mexico.
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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