DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 14, 2021
SMOKE:
Central U.S…
A swath of remnant thin density smoke was visible this morning
spreading slowly to the west and southwest across southern Kansas,
northern Oklahoma, and into far northwestern Texas. This smoke was due
to concentrated seasonal fire activity yesterday centered mainly over
eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. In addition, newly forming
smoke plumes were also noted across portions of the Central U.S. with
today’s round of burning.
South Central and Southeastern U.S./Gulf of Mexico/Bay of
Campeche/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico…
A huge area of primarily thin density smoke was seen this morning
covering much of eastern and southern Mexico, northern Central America,
a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, virtually
all of the Gulf of Mexico, and extending northward into southern Texas,
southern Louisiana, and a portion of the Southeastern U.S. Embedded
patches of moderate to thick density smoke were visible in association
with some of the more active fires especially in Mexico, and along
the coast of eastern Mexico and the far western Gulf of Mexico and
extending northward into far southern Texas though cloud cover farther
to the north did interfere with additional information on the extent and
density of the smoke in satellite imagery. This entire area of smoke was
due mainly to the ongoing seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America
though some contribution from local seasonal fires in the Southeastern
U.S. is possible with the portion of the smoke in that region.
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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