DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 3, 2021
SMOKE:
Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Gulf
of Mexico…
The ongoing significant amount of seasonal fires occurring in Mexico and
Central America were responsible for a large area of thin to moderate
density smoke covering central, southern, and eastern Mexico, the
northwestern part of Central America, a portion of the Pacific south of
Mexico and Central America, the Bay of Campeche, and much of the central
and western Gulf of Mexico. Embedded areas of thicker smoke were seen
around some of the larger fires especially in southern Mexico.
DUST:
Southeastern Arizona/New Mexico/Northern Mexico...
Gusty winds from the southwest were kicking up significant blowing dusts
which emanated primarily from sources in Cochise county, southeastern
Arizona, White Sands National Monument of New Mexico, and northern part
of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The dusts then spread quickly to
northeast across border between Arizona and New Mexico, southeastern
New Mexico, and the border between Chihuahua and Texas, respectively.
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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