DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0150Z April 19, 2021
SMOKE:
Central U.S.,
An area of thin density smoke was visible where Nebraska, Kansas,
Missouri and Iowa connect. This smoke was due to concentrated seasonal
fire activity and embedded wildfires centered through the area. Several
plumes of light to moderate density smoke from wild fires was observed
in Nebraska, Kansas,and Oklahoma and the plumes were moving southwest.
Oregon...
In south-central Washington a large area of heavy density smoke
probably attributed to a wildfire was observed moving south as as the
evening approached.
Nevada...
In northern Nevada a light to heavy density smoke plume attributed to
a wildfire was observed moving southwest in direction.
California...
In northern California three light density smoke plumes attributed to
seasonal fire activity was observed moving southeast 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 northern coast and this smoke was seen moving northeast.
Florida, Texas, Atlantic Ocean, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Pacific
Ocean...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over most
of Coastal Eastern and southern Mexico extending out across the Gulf
of Mexico, through most of Florida, into a large area of light density
smoke extending 1,000 miles into the Atlantic Ocean. Light density smoke
was also observed over parts of Central and Southern Mexico and the
Eastern Pacific Ocean. The plumes appears to consist of smoke from heavy
seasonal burning in the region, gas flaring activity, as well as urban
pollution/aerosols. Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout
Mexico causing a large number of light to moderate density smoke plumes.
DUST:
An area of Saharan Dust was seen extending through all of the Caribbean
Sea towards portions of Central America with another area of Saharan
Dust further east in portions of the eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean.
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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