DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1918Z MAY 26, 2020
SMOKE:
Mexico/Western Gulf of Mexico/Central America…
Fire activity remains widespread across western, southern, and eastern
Mexico into Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. The resulting area of smoke
produced by this fire activity from the past few days expands from near
southern Texas into El Salvador and across the Yucatan Peninsula. Heavy
density smoke was observed along the coast in eastern Mexico and leading
into the Bay of Campeche. Additional areas of medium density smoke
expanded farther into the Gulf of Mexico and along the Mexican coast and
light density smoke covered the majority of the Gulf, southern Mexico,
Central America and eastern Mexico into the southernmost tip of Texas.
Isolated plumes of light to moderate density smoke were observed on the
western coast of Mexico as well.
California…
A fire just east of Interstate 5 near Stockton was observed producing
a large area black smoke moving soutwest of the fire activity.
Levine
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov