DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0210Z April 18, 2021
SMOKE:
Northwestern U.S.,
In the northwestern U.S. numerous plumes of light to heavy density smoke
from wild fires and agricultural burning was observed starting along the
eastern portions of Oregon and Washington, continuing through northern
Idaho, and ending in western Montana.
Oregon...
In western Washington a light density smoke plume probably attributed
to wildfires was observed moving west in direction.
Cuba...
Widespread agricultural fire activity and and embedded wildfires were
observed throughout Cuba causing a large area of light density smoke
around the island with embedded patches of moderate to thick density
smoke along the southern coast and this smoke is moving to the north.
Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific south of
Mexico/Cuba/Bahamas,Florida…
A large mass of thin to moderate density smoke was present this morning
encompassing much of eastern and southern Mexico, a portion of Central
America, the Pacific south of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, much of the
Gulf of Mexico, and extending across Florida. More localized embedded
patches of dense smoke were seen closer to some of the more active fires
in southern and southeastern Mexico. Much of this smoke was due to the
ongoing seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America.
DUST:
Nevada, California...
An area of blowing dust kicked up in northwestern Nevada and was seen
blowing southwest into California.
A large area of Saharan Dust of primarily thin to perhaps locally moderate
density was visible stretching from the coast of Africa westward all
the way to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean south of Puerto Rico. The
leading edge of the dust is also now beginning to move farther to the
west over Hispaniola.
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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