DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z April 29, 2021
SMOKE: Western and Central Atlantic Ocean... A large region of remnant light to moderate density smoke likely attributed from widespread seasonal fire activity over parts of the Central and Southeastern U.S. and also from Mexico’s widespread seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of the Western and Central Atlantic Ocean. Light to moderate density smoke was observed off the coast of the mid-Atlantic as well as over Bermuda and to the east of the this region in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery. Southern United States, Mexico, Central America, Gulf of Mexico, Southwestern Caribbean Sea, and Eastern Pacific Ocean... A broad region of light and moderate density smoke attributed from the widespread seasonal fire activity in Mexico was observed over parts of the Northern Gulf Coast and Southern U.S. including parts of Southern/Southeastern Texas and also over parts of Southern Louisiana. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed over a large part of the Northwestern and Western Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, across coastal Eastern Mexico, over Southern Mexico, and over parts of Central America. Light to moderate density smoke was also observed over parts of the Southwestern Caribbean Sea as well as over parts of Southern and Southwestern Mexico, and out over parts of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. 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