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 density smoke) 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