DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z May 2, 2021
SMOKE:
Southern California/Southwestern Arizona/Northwestern Mexico…
Remnant thin density smoke from a couple of fire complexes located
midway between San Diego and the Salton Sea in far southern California
was visible this morning moving to the east across far southeastern
California, southwestern Arizona, and northwestern Mexico.
Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Gulf
of Mexico…
A large area of thin to moderate density smoke from the ongoing
significant amount of seasonal fire activity occurring in Mexico and
Central America was seen over portions of eastern and southern Mexico
northwestern Central America, a relatively small portion of the Pacific
south of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, and the southwestern Gulf of
Mexico. Embedded thicker patches of smoke were visible especially over
southern Mexico.
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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