DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z MAY 20, 2020
SMOKE:
North Central U.S./South Central Canada…
The ongoing wildfire in central Saskatchewan was still emitting visible
smoke with a narrow band extending to the northeast to at least as far
east as northeastern Manitoba. However, cloud cover in the region is
limiting additional information on the extent and density of the smoke
from satellite imagery. Additional relatively smaller smoke plumes
were also seen farther to the south over southern Manitoba with fire
activity there.
Southeastern Canada/Northeastern U.S…
A patch of thin density remnant smoke leftover from the fires in South
Central Canada was seen this morning moving to the southeast across
southeastern Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine, and Nova Scotia.
Southern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of
Mexico and Central America…
The large amount of seasonal burning occurring in portions of Mexico and
Central America was responsible for a large area of varying density smoke
which covered central, southern, and eastern Mexico, a portion of Central
America, the Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf of Mexico, southern Texas,
and the Pacific south of Central America and Mexico. Within this large
mass of smoke were areas of thicker smoke with moderately dense smoke
visible along eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf
of Mexico as well as over southern Mexico and the nearby Pacific. Smaller
areas of dense smoke were seen in southern Mexico and just off the coast
of southern 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