DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z May 2, 2020
SMOKE:
Southeastern North Dakota/Western Minnesota…
A cluster of fires in southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota
produced a number of thin to moderate density smoke plumes which merged
to form a larger area of smoke which moved to the east reaching as far
as central Minnesota.
Southwestern Georgia/Florida Panhandle…
Seasonal fire activity in southwestern Georgia and part of the Florida
Panhandle emanated a number of mainly thin density smoke plumes which
moved to the southeast during the afternoon….
Southern Nebraska/Northern Kansas…
A few fires in southwestern Nebraska produced moderately dense smoke
which thinned out and fanned out as it spread to the south and southeast
over south central Nebraska and into northern Kansas.
Mexico/Central America/Bay of Campeche/Pacific south of Mexico and
Central America…
The large mass of varying density smoke attributed to the ongoing
significant seasonal fires burning especially over central, southern,
and southeastern Mexico, as well as Central America continued to be
suppressed farther to the south. The smoke was generally affecting
southern and southeastern Mexico, the southern part of the Bay of
Campeche, Central America, and the Pacific south of Mexico and Central
America. Cloudiness increased over the region during the afternoon which
limited some density information, but it appeared from earlier imagery
that the thickest smoke was located over and extending to the south and
southwest of Honduras. Moderate density smoke affected portions of the
Yucatan Peninsula, southern and southeastern Mexico, and the Pacific
south of Mexico and Central America.
DUST:
South Central New Mexico…
Moderate density blowing dust was visible moving to the east and northeast
from White Sands in south central New Mexico.
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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