DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1650Z April 7, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern U.S., Atlantic Ocean...
Mostly Light to moderate density smoke was seen stretching from across
the eastern U.S. across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region, most
of the eastern U.S. and through the Coastal Atlantic region extending
offshore approximately 1400 miles over the western Atlantic off the south
eastern U.S.. This smoke was from recent days of concentrated seasonal
fire activity and a few embedded wildfires which were present across
the Central U.S. and southeastern U.S.
Southern Mexico/Northern Central America/Pacific south of Mexico and
Central America...
A large region of thin density smoke from the recent ongoing seasonal
fire activity in southern Mexico and Central America was visible today
over much of the southern Mexico coast and extending well offshore to
the southwest over the 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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov