DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1830Z MAY 15, 2020
SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific off the coast of Mexico
and Central America...
The continuing significant seasonal burning occurring across portions
of Mexico and Central America was responsible for a huge mass of smoke
covering much of southern and eastern Mexico, Central America, and
stretching offshore to the south over the Pacific. The smoke also extended
northward over the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf of Mexico and
into far southern and eastern Texas. Embedded areas of moderately dense
smoke were noted within the larger surrounding thin density smoke and
these were seen over portions of southern and eastern Mexico and Central
America and offshore over the nearby part of the Pacific, as well as
southern part of the Bay of Campeche and the far western Gulf of Mexico.
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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