DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720Z April 27, 2021
SMOKE:
Mexico/Gulf Of Mexico/Texas/Louisiana...
A large thin density plume from widespread agricultural burns covers
most central and southern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the western
Gulf of Mexico, parts of central and southern Texas, and western
Louisiana. A moderate density plume is embedded within this light
density area covering the Bay of Campeche, parts of the Yucatan, and
far southeastern Mexico.
Plains/Midwest...
Although clouds cover much of the area, a large light density plume
from the Three Rivers Wildfire near Ruidoso, New Mexico was detected
spreading northeast over the Texas Panhandle, northwest Oklahoma,
central and eastern Kansas, most of Missouri and Illinois, and parts
of Wisconsin and Michigan. Within this light density plume, an area
of moderate density smoke was found from northwestern Oklahoma, parts
of central and eastern Kansas, much of Missouri, and parts of southern
Illinois.
DUST:
Atlantic...
A light density plume of Saharan dust was detected over the far eastern
tropical Atlantic.
Konon
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