DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2355Z April 12, 2020
SMOKE:
Southern Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Gulf of Mexico...
Widespread fire activity continues across Honduras, Guatemala, and most
of southern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. The smoke was predominantly
being transported towards the northwest. Many thick smoke plumes could be
seen originating from fires in central and western Honduras, Guatemala,
and the Yucatan Peninsula. Large areas of moderate-to-high density smoke
concentration covered western Honduras, the Gulf of Honduras and Belize,
and the central Yucatan Peninsula. Light-to-moderate smoke covered the
entire region and extended northward over the entire western and central
Gulf of Mexico, approaching the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana.
Cuba...
Numerous fires again dominated the landscape across the entire
island. Smoke was dispersing towards the west-northwest. Moderate-density
smoke covered the majority of the island, with lighter-density smoke
extending for approximately 450 miles over the eastern Gulf of Mexico
reaching Florida’s western coastline.
WS
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