DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z May 3, 2020
SMOKE:
Northeastern New Mexico…
A couple of relatively larger fires in northeastern New Mexico produced
locally moderate to thick density smoke closer to the actual fires which
fanned out and thinned out in density as it spread to the northeast
extending into southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western
Oklahoma, and northwestern Texas.
South Central and Southeastern U.S…
Widely scattered mainly thin density smoke plumes attributed to seasonal
burning were present across a broad area of the South Central and
Southeastern U.S.
North Central U.S./South Central Canada…
Seasonal fire activity resulted in a few thin density smoke plumes across
portions of Montana, North Dakota, eastern South Dakota, and western
and central Minnesota as well as the southern portions of Alberta,
Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in southern Canada.
Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico and
Central America…
The massive amount of seasonal fire activity especially across southern
and southeastern Mexico and Central America produced a very large area
of varying density smoke covering southern and southeastern Mexico,
Central America, the Bay of Campeche and the Pacific Ocean south of Mexico
and Central America. Patches of moderate density smoke were seen over
the Bay of Campeche while moderate to thick density smoke impacted the
region from Honduras to El Salvador and south of there over the nearby
Pacific and across southern Mexico and offshore to the south from there
over the nearby Pacific.
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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