DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1801Z 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.
Southeast U.S. …
There were fires throughout the southeast corner of the U.S. emitting
light-density smoke plumes towards the southeast and continues to move
counter-clockwise. There was a particular fire off the FL panhandle that
continued emitting light smoke towards the southwest. Its remnant smoke
continued moving west across the GoM reaching south of Louisiana.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada…
Several fires throughout the southern provinces of Saskatchewan and
Manitoba in Canada that were emitting light density smoke plumes towards
the south and continuing counter-clockwise towards the west.
Rodriguez
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