DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1710Z April 9, 2021
SMOKE: Eastern U.S./Atlantic,Canada... A large light density plume was detected stretching across the east coast from southeast Canada down to South Carolina, and extends offshore approximately 1800 miles over the open Atlantic Ocean. This smoke was from recent and current days of concentrated seasonal fire activity and a few embedded wildfires across area. Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific... A large area of light density smoke was observed along the northeastern Mexico coast extending out into the Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke was also observed over parts Pacific coastal Mexico extending westward over the Pacific Ocean. The plumes consist of smoke from heavy seasonal burning in the region. . DUST: Atlantic... A large light density Saharan dust plume covers most of the central and eastern tropical Atlantic. 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