DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z April 8, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern U.S./Atlantic...
A large light density plume was detected across the Ohio Valley, Great
Lakes, Tennessee Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and extending offshore
approximately 1400 miles over the western Atlantic. This smoke was from
recent days of concentrated seasonal fire activity and a few embedded
wildfires.
Mexico/Pacific...
A number of small light density plumes from new agricultural fires
were detected near the southwestern Mexico coast. A large light
density plume from previous days’ agricultural fires was detected
from along the Mexico Pacific coast extending west-southwestward
for about 1000 miles out over the open Pacific.
DUST:
Atlantic...
A large light density Saharan dust plume covers most of the central
and eastern tropical Atlantic.
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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