DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300Z MAY 21, 2020
SMOKE:
Minnesota/North Dakota/Manitoba...
A number of light density plumes from seasonal fires are moving to the
north-northwest over far northwestern Minnesota, far northeastern North
Dakota, and southern Manitoba. A cluster of wildfires near Camperville,
Manitoba continue to burn and are producing light to moderate density
plumes moving to the south and southwest.
Saskatchewan...
Wildfires about 40 miles east-northeast of Prince Albert continue and
are producing a very long, narrow light density plume that extends to
northeastern Manitoba. Clouds in the area are obscuring some of the
smoke.
Southern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America...
The large amount of seasonal burning occurring in portions of Mexico
and Central America is 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 adjacent waters in the Pacific. 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 adjacent Pacific
waters. Smaller areas of dense smoke were detected in southern Mexico
and just off the coast into the Pacific. A number of small light
density and a few moderate density plumes from seasonal burns moving to
the east-northeast are found over west-central Mexico near the coast.
Earlier on Wednesday:
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.
Konon
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