DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0230Z MAY 24, 2020
SMOKE:
North Central U.S./South Central Canada…
Seasonal fire activity was scattered across northwestern Minnesota,
eastern and northern North Dakota, and the southern portions of
Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Numerous smoke plumes of thin to locally
moderate density were visible moving mainly to the north over eastern
North Dakota with a number of the plumes merging to form a larger patch
of smoke by late in the day. Farther to the north, a few smoke plumes of
thin to locally moderate density were seen over southeastern Saskatchewan
which quickly moved to the east-northeast crossing over southwestern
Manitoba by later in the afternoon.
Southeastern Colorado…
The Cherry Canyon Fire in southeastern Colorado was producing moderate
to thick density smoke which moved to the northeast during the day with
the leading edge of the thinner density smoke reaching the border with
southwestern Kansas by early evening.
Far Southern Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south
of Mexico…
The ongoing large amount of seasonal fire activity occurring in portions
of Mexico and Central America continued to produce significant amounts
of smoke which impacted central, southern, and eastern Mexico, portions
of Central America, the Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf of Mexico,
far southern Texas, and the Pacific south of Mexico. The thickest smoke
was observed over southern Mexico and the nearby Pacific off the southern
coast. Moderate to thick density smoke blanketed southeastern and eastern
Mexico and the Bay of Campeche. A bit more scattered fire activity over
western Mexico resulted in a number of varying density smoke plumes
which generally moved to the east.
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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