DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1540Z May 13 2020
SMOKE:
Florida...
A few agricultural fires could be seen south and southwest of Lake
Okeechobee with light density plumes dispersing towards the west.
Mexico and Central America...
Numerous fires remained active overnight and into the morning hours across
the region, including several new ignitions in southwestern Mexico,
Guatemala and Honduras. Stagnant light-density smoke covered much of
southern Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, extending for approximately 200
miles offshore over the Pacific ocean, while also covering most of the
southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Pockets of moderate-density smoke could
also be seen over the states of Guerrero, Chiapas, Tabasco, eastern
Veracruz,and western Campeche in Mexico, in addition to northwestern
and southeastern Guatemala, and western Honduras.
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