THROUGH 0100Z April 5, 2021
Area from Central U.S. to the Eastern U.S. ...
Mostly Light to moderate density smoke was seen stretching from the
Central U.S. across the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes region
to the Mid-Atlantic region, a portion of the eastern U.S. and offshore
approximately 550 miles over the western Atlantic. Within this larger
mass of thin density smoke were a few patches of moderately dense
smoke generally within the area from Missouri and northern Arkansas
extending eastward over Indiana and Kentucky. This smoke was from days
of concentrated seasonal fire activity and a few embedded wildfires
which were present across the Central U.S. primarily from Oklahoma and
Arkansas to southern Minnesota and southern Wisconsin.
Southeastern U.S. ...
A swath of thin density smoke from seasonal burning in the Southeastern
U.S. was visible over southeastern Alabama, southern Georgia, and
northeastern Florida.
Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico and Central America…
A huge mass of thin density smoke from ongoing seasonal fire activity in
Mexico and Central America was seen this morning over much of southern
and western Mexico and northern Central America and extending from there
to the south over the Pacific. Embedded areas of thicker density smoke
were visible within this region especially over portions of southern
and western Mexico coast and extending offshore to the nearby Pacific.
Eglin
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