DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z April 30, 2021
SMOKE: Southeastern United States and Western Atlantic Ocean... A large region of light to moderate density smoke likely attributed to smoke transport from ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity in Mexico as well as smoke transport from recent seasonal agricultural fire activity over parts of the Southern and Central U.S. was observed this morning. Light to moderate density smoke was observed over parts of Southeastern Alabama, most of Southern Georgia, Northern Florida, and out over parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean in recent GOES visible satellite imagery. South Texas, Western Gulf of Mexico, Bay of Campeche, Mexico,Central America, Southwestern Caribbean Sea, and Eastern Pacific South of Mexico... A broad region of light, moderate, and thick density smoke was observed this morning and early afternoon. Light to moderate density smoke was observed over most of the Western Gulf of Mexico and parts of far South Texas, however cloud cover from a weather system over Eastern Texas made smoke analysis difficult in this region. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed over a large region of the Southern Bay of Campeche, as well as over Southern Mexico including the states of Tabasco and Veracruz and also over parts of the Southern Yucatan Peninsula. Moderate to thick density smoke was also observed over parts of Central America including most of Belize, Northern Guatemala, Northern Honduras, and also over parts of the Southwestern Caribbean Sea. Light to moderate density smoke was also observed over Southwestern Mexico and south of Southwestern Mexico 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