Monday, May 10, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z May 10, 2021

SMOKE:
North Central United States...
A region of remnant light density smoke attributed to recent
agricultural and seasonal fire activity in South-central Canada’s
Saskatchewan/Manitoba Provinces and the Northern Plains was
observed. Light density smoke was observed over parts of Eastern Montana,
the Dakotas, Eastern Nebraska, Southern Minnesota, and most of Iowa in
earlier GOES visible satellite imagery.

South Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Central
America/Southwestern Caribbean Sea/Pacific south of Mexico...
A broad region of light to moderate density and several regions
of moderate to thick density smoke attributed to ongoing widespread
agricultural and seasonal fire activity was observed. Light to moderate
density smoke was observed over most of the Western Gulf of Mexico. Light
density smoke was observed over parts of South Texas, however smoke
analysis over Texas was difficult due to cloud cover from a weather
system in the region. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed over
most of the Mexican states of Veracruz and western Tabasco as well as
over parts of the western Bay of Campeche. Light to moderate density
smoke was also observed over parts of Central America including Belize,
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as well as over parts of the
Southwestern Caribbean Sea. Light to moderate density smoke was also
observed over a large region of Western/Southwestern Mexico, over the
Southern Gulf of California, and to the south of Mexico offshore over
the Eastern Pacific Ocean in recent GOES visible satellite imagery.

DUST:
Eastern/Central Atlantic Ocean and east of the Lesser Antilles...
A large region of light density Saharan dust was observed across most
of the Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Saharan dust was
also observed just to the southeast of the Lesser Antilles region of
the Eastern Caribbean in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.