DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1701Z April 30, 2020
SMOKE:
Central America/Southern Mexico/Southern Gulf of Mexico/Southern
Florida…
Widespread fire activity throughout Central America, southern Mexico,
and the Yucatan Peninsula, along with remnant smoke from previous days's
fire activity, were helping to create a large area of smoke extending from
Nicaragua to across the Yucatan Peninsula and southwestern Florida. The
most dense smoke was observed over northern Honduras and extending north
into the Caribbean near Belize. Thick smoke, although not quite as thick,
resided over Guatemala and the southern Yucatan Peninsula. The northern
portion of the large area of smoke was being drawn northeast ahead of a
cold front into southwestern Florida while also being shunted southward
into the southern Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche thanks to the same
frontal system.
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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov