DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z May 11, 2021
SMOKE:
Oregon...
Oregon...
In central Oregon two light to heavy density smoke plumes attributed to
wildfires were visible with the smoke moving south in direction.
Arizona…
In central Arizona a light to moderate density smoke plumes attributed
to wildfires was observed moving northeast in direction.
Saskatchewan/Manitoba/North Dakota, Minnesota...
Widespread agricultural burning was visible over southern
Manitoba/Saskatchewan and North Dakota. This produced a large area of
light density smoke, with small pockets of moderate density smoke was
visible over southern Manitoba, the eastern half of the Dakotas,and
western Minnesota.
Texas, Louisiana, 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 Mexico and all of central/southern Mexico,
Central America, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the Bay of
Campeche, and the most of the Gulf of Mexico and extends north into
southern Texas and Louisiana. 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 was due mainly to the ongoing seasonal fires in Mexico and
Central America.
DUST:
Eastern/Central Atlantic Ocean and east of the Lesser Antilles...
Earlier today light density Saharan dust was observed just to the
southeast of the Lesser Antilles region of the Eastern Caribbean in this
morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
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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