DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0010Z May 7, 2020
SMOKE:
Mexico/Central America…
Fire activity remains high across the entire region. A large plume
of stagnant light-to-moderate density smoke covers most of southern
Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize and central-western
Honduras. The smoke extends to the west for approximately 500 miles over
the Pacific Ocean, to the north covering the southern Gulf of Mexico,
and to the east over the Gulf of Honduras.
Florida/Mississippi...
A few prescribed fires were seen producing elongated plumes of
light-to-moderate density extending southward for approximately 100
miles over the Gulf of Mexico.
Dust:
Nevada,Utah,Idaho...
Large areas of blowing dust could be seen originating from Elko
county/northern Nevada moving towards the southeast, and from Butte
county/southeastern Idaho moving towards the east and south, and extending
over northern Utah.
WS
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