DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0225Z April 25, 2021
SMOKE:
Central U.S…
A great amount of seasonal fires over eastern Dakotas, eastern Nebraska,
eastern Kansas, western and southern Wisconsin, and Iowa were responsible
for many individual thin density smoke plumes moving generally to the
south and southeast.
Gulf Coast Region/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Central
America/Pacific south of Mexico…
The ongoing significant amount of seasonal fires occurring in Mexico and
Central America were responsible for a huge area of thin to moderate
density smoke covering portions of southern and eastern Mexico and
Central America and extending to the north over the Bay of Campeche,
almost the entire Gulf of Mexico, south of Mexico over the Pacific,
southern and southeastern Texas, the southern portions of Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. Embedded areas
of thicker smoke were seen around some of the larger fires especially
in southern Mexico. A relatively thick area of smoke was also visible
moving east across the south central Gulf of Mexico. Thinner density smoke
appeared to extend as far as southern Florida and off 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