DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z May 4, 2021
SMOKE: Oregon, California... In south-central Oregon an area of light to moderate density smoke attributed to a wildfire was observed moving south over northern California. Alberta... In southeastern Alberta an area of light to moderate density smoke attributed to a wildfire was observed spreading out in all directions around the wildfire. Texas, Gulf Coast Region/Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific south of Mexico and Central America… The very large area of generally thin to moderate density smoke from the ongoing seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America was seen this morning over central, southern, and eastern Mexico, the northwest part of Central America, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico and Central America, the Bay of Campeche, most of the Gulf of Mexico, and a portion of the Gulf Coast region from southern and southeastern Texas across to southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. The thinner density smoke may also be present farther inland over the Gulf Coast states and the Southeast but cloud cover in these areas is preventing further analysis. Within the large area of thin to moderate smoke were embedded patches of thicker density smoke especially seen over southern Mexico and the Gulf of Honduras. Cuba/Florida Keys... A possible leftover batch of thin density smoke from the seasonal burning in Cuba was visible over west central Cuba and extending to the north to just south of the Florida Keys. Eglin 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