DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z April 30, 2020
SMOKE:
Cuba...
Several light density plumes spreading westward are found over the
eastern part of the county.
Northern Plains...
Several light density plumes are located across eastern Montana,
western North and South Dakota, and far northwestern Minnesota.
Plumes are spreading generally to the east over eastern Montana
and western North and South Dakota, and to the south over far
northwestern Minnesota.
Far Southern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean
South of Mexico and Central America...
Ongoing significant and widespread seasonal fire activity across
central, southern, and southeastern Mexico and Central America has
resulted in a large mass of varying density smoke which blanketed
central, Southern, and southeastern Mexico, Central America, the Bay of
Campeche, the western and central Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean
south of Mexico and Central America. The thickest smoke within this
area was over Honduras, northern Guatemala, Belize, and the southern
part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Konon
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