Monday, April 5, 2021

THROUGH 1700Z April 5, 2021

Northern Ohio River Valley, Eastern U.S, and Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of remnant light to moderate density smoke from recent
widespread fire activity over the Central U.S. was observed over most of
the Northern Ohio River Valley. Light density smoke was also observed
over parts of the Mid Atlantic and also off the coast of the Carolinas
out over parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean in this morning’s GOES
visible satellite imagery.

South Florida...
Agricultural burning activity was observed around the Lake Okeechobee
region of South Florida where light density smoke was observed from the
fire activity in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.

Mexico and Eastern Pacific Ocean...
A broad region of light and moderate density smoke from continued
widespread seasonal fire activity was observed along coastal western and
southwestern Mexico to several hundred miles offshore out over parts of
the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Light density smoke was also observed over
the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz. Moderate to thick density
smoke was observed in the vicinity of fire activity over parts of the
region especially in western Mexico in this morning’s GOES visible
satellite imagery.

Dust:
Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean...
A region of light density Saharan dust was observed over parts of the
Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean in this morning’s GOES
visible satellite imagery.

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.