DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z MAY 27, 2020
SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America…
Smoke detection this morning from the ongoing significant amount of
seasonal burning occurring in portions of Mexico and Central America was
hindered somewhat due to patchy cloud cover across the region. In general,
an area of thin density smoke was present over the Bay of Campeche and
the southern Gulf of Mexico, as well as southern and eastern Mexico. A
smaller batch of moderately dense to locally thick smoke was visible
within this larger area of thin density smoke mainly over southern Mexico
to the south of Mexico City and extending to the coast around Acapulco.
North Dakota/Southern Manitoba…
A few primarily thin density smoke plumes were seen moving to the
east from seasonal type fires in eastern North Dakota and far southern
Manitoba.
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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