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. Sambucci 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