THROUGH 1630Z April 6, 2021
Southeast U.S./Ohio River Valley/Mid Atlantic/Western Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of remnant light to moderate density smoke from
yesterday’s widespread agricultural and seasonal fire activity was
observed over most of the coastal regions of the southeast U.S. including
most of Georgia and the Carolinas. Light density smoke was also observed
over parts of the eastern Ohio River Valley, parts of the Mid Atlantic,
and offshore out over parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean. Light to
moderate density smoke from new fires in the southeast and Mid Atlantic
were observed in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
South Florida...
Agricultural burning activity was observed in the vicinity of Lake
Okeechobee in South Florida, where light density smoke from the small
fires were observed progressing southwestward in this morning’s GOES
visible satellite imagery.
Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, and Eastern Pacific Ocean...
Large regions of light density smoke from recent widespread seasonal fire
activity across most of Mexico were observed over parts of eastern coastal
Mexico as well as out over parts of the Western Gulf of Mexico. Light
density smoke was also observed over coastal southwestern Mexico and
several hundred miles offshore over parts of the Eastern Pacific Ocean
in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
DUST:
Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of light density Saharan dust was observed over the
Eastern and Central 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