Friday, May 14, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z May 14, 2021

SMOKE:
Ontario, Manitoba...
Widespread agricultural burning and embedded wildfires were producing
a large area of light density smoke, with some pockets of moderate to
heavy density)  over the southern half of Manitoba and southwestern
Ontario. The smoke was observed moving east in direction.

Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south of Mexico…
A large area of light to moderate density smoke remains in the area
covering some of northern and central Mexico all of southern Mexico,
Central America, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the
southwestern Gulf of Mexico and. Embedded patches of moderate 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 Tropical Atlantic Ocean and Southern Caribbean Sea...
Light density Saharan dust was observed over parts of the Southern
Caribbean Sea around Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, extending south
over Coastal northeastern South 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

 


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.