DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z May 8, 2021
SMOKE: Arizona... In central Arizona a light to moderate density smoke plume attributed to wildfires was observed moving northeast in direction as well as two additional light density smoke plumes attributed to wildfires. North-Central U.S., South-Central Canada... Widespread fire activity throughout the north-Central U.S., South-Central Canada, mainly in Minnesota and Manitoba was producing a large amount of primarily light density smoke plumes. Smoke was moving primarily south throughout the area. Florida, Texas, Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico... A large area of light to moderate density smoke remains in the area covering much of northern and all of central/southern Mexico, northern Central America, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, and the most of the Gulf of Mexico, it extends north into southern Texas and east through southern Florida. Embedded patches of moderate to heavy density smoke were visible in association with some of the more active fires especially in Mexico, and along the coasts. This entire area of smoke is due mainly to the ongoing seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America. 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