DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z April 12, 2020
SMOKE:
Southern Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Gulf of Mexico...
Widespread fire activity remains active across Honduras and the Mexican
states of Campeche and Yucatan in the northern and western Yucatan
Peninsula with further, although less dense, fire activity throughout
the rest of southern Mexico and Guatemala. A large area of remnant smoke
extends from Honduras and Guatemala northwest into the western Gulf
Coast, where interaction with a frontal system is shunting the smoke
off towards the east over the central Gulf Coast. Much of the smoke is
light, but one area of moderate smoke resides over the western Gulf of
Mexico and a very dense region of remnant smoke moved northwest from
Honduras over extreme western portions of the Caribbean Sea, Belize,
and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in the Yucatan Peninsula by 18Z.
Cuba...
Seasonal fire activity throughout the island nation of Cuba was producing
mainly light smoke that was moving off toward the west-northwest.
Hosley
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov