DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z May 5, 2020
SMOKE:
South Central and Southeastern U.S…
A number of smoke plumes were visible this afternoon and early evening
with seasonal fire activity across the region stretching from eastern
Texas eastward across the Southeast to southern Georgia and Florida.
Southern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of
Mexico and Central America…
The tremendous amount of seasonal fires detected in southern and
southeastern Mexico and Central America resulted in a very large area of
varying density smoke covering southern, eastern, and southeastern Mexico,
Central America, the Pacific south of Mexico and Central America, the Bay
of Campeche and western Gulf of Mexico, and far southern Texas. Embedded
patches of thicker smoke were noted especially from Honduras to off the
El Salvador coast and over southern Mexico and south of there over the
Pacific. Moderately dense to thick smoke could also be seen spreading
to the west and northwest from the Yucatan Peninsula and over the Bay
of Campeche.
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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