DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z April 19, 2021
SMOKE: Central Mississippi Valley, Northern Ohio River Valley, and Southeastern U.S… A large region of remnant light density smoke likely attributed to yesterday’s seasonal fire activity over the Central U.S. was observed over a large portion of the Northern Ohio River Valley as well as over parts of the Central Mississippi Valley. Light density smoke was also observed over parts of the Southeastern U.S. in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Guatemala, South Florida, Western Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean... A broad region of light to moderate density smoke likely attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity over Mexico was observed over most of Guatemala, Southeastern/Eastern Mexico including the Yucatan Peninsula, and over the Bay of Campeche. Smoke was also observed over parts of the Western Caribbean Sea and over the Central and Southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke was also observed over South Florida, however cloud cover over this region made the smoke analysis difficult this morning. Light density smoke was observed as well over the Northern Bahamas and a large region of the Western Atlantic Ocean just to the south of Bermuda. Light density smoke was also observed offshore from Southern Mexico over parts of the Eastern Pacific Ocean in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. DUST: Eastern/Central Tropical Atlantic, Western Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea... A large region of light to moderate density Saharan dust was observed over parts of the Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Light density Saharan dust was also observed over parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean including parts of the Bahamas and as well over parts of the Caribbean Sea in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Sambucci 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