THROUGH 1700Z March 26, 2021
South Central and Southeastern U.S./Mid-Atlantic Region/Gulf of Mexico/Bay
of Campeche/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Pacific South of Mexico and
Central America…
A large area of remnant thin density smoke attributed to ongoing seasonal
type fire activity in Mexico, Central America, and the South Central
and Southeastern U.S. was visible this morning covering the portion of
the U.S. from southern and southeastern Texas across southern Louisiana
then extending to the east and northeast from there over much of the
Southeast to the Mid-Atlantic region and offshore of the Mid-Atlantic
and Southeast. The smoke also extended back to the southwest over the
western Gulf of Mexico, eastern and southeastern Mexico, and the Bay of
Campeche. Other patches of thin density smoke were barely visible along
and off the southern coast of Mexico, and along and off part of northern
Central America. Farther to the east, a swath of remnant thin density
smoke likely from fires in Cuba was seen stretching from western Cuba
northward to off the southwestern and western coast of Florida over the
eastern Gulf of 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