DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700 May 29, 2019
SMOKE:
Canada into the North Central US with the Dakotas/Nebraska/Minnesota....
Large wildfires complexes have been observed and are continuing to
burn across Northern Alberta Province where heavy density smoke has
been observed according to latest GOES16 Visible Imagery. Several other
fires are burning as well across Northwestern Canada and down by the US
border north of the Dakotas in Southern Canada. Moderate density smoke
plumes from the large fire complexes are continuing to progress south
and eastward across South Central Canada into the Northern Tier of the
US into North/South Dakota, across Northern Nebraska, and into Northern
Minnesota. Light density smoke was also observed across portions of
British Columbia Province, Southern Canada, Southeastern Canada, the
Pacific Northwest, across the Northern Plains, and the Upper Midwest of
the US.
Western Gulf of Mexico/South Central Mexico/South Texas...
The latest GOES16 Visible Imagery indicated light density smoke across
most of South Central Mexico from fires in the Southern Gulf of Mexico
region where moderate density smoke was observed. Moderate density
smoke was also observed around fires across portions of Southwestern
Mexico west of Mexico City. Light density smoke is progressing northward
according to Visible Imagery Loops into the Western Yucatan Peninsula,
the Southern/Western Gulf, Northeastern Mexico, and into portions of
Southern Texas over the day.
Southeast US...
Light density smoke was observed just offshore over the Atlantic by
Northeastern Florida, Southeastern Georgia, and just south of South and
North Carolina. Several small fires are burning across portions of the
Northern Florida Panhandle,Southern Georgia, and a small fire observed
in South Carolina. The light density smoke from these fires according
to latest GOES16 Visible imagery is moving off to the north and east
with the low level flow over the day.
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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