DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0210Z April 10, 2021

SMOKE:
East Coast/Atlantic...
A large light density plume was detected stretching across the East
Coast from southeast Canada southward to South Carolina, and extends
offshore approximately 1800 miles over the open Atlantic Ocean.  This
smoke was from recent and the current day of concentrated seasonal
fire activity and a few embedded wildfires across area.

Oklahoma...
A light density plume from seasonal agricultural burns was detected
over the western part of the state.

New Mexico/Arizona...
Four wildfires, one in central New Mexico and three in southeastern
Arizona, were producing long, narrow light density plumes that extend
off to the east-southeast.

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 southwestward about 700 miles over the open Pacific.
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.

Konon


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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.