DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z May 18, 2021
SMOKE:
Coastal Mid Atlantic/Southeastern Canada/Western Atlantic Ocean...
A region of remnant light density smoke attributed to ongoing widespread
agricultural and seasonal fire activity in the North Central U.S. and
South Central Canada was observed over parts of the Coastal Mid Atlantic
including Eastern New Jersey, Southeastern New York including Long Island,
and Southeastern Massachusetts. Light density smoke was also observed over
parts of Southeastern Canada including Nova Scotia and Newfoundland as
well as over parts of the Western Atlantic Ocean in recent GOES visible
satellite imagery.
North Central United States/Northern Great Lakes/Southern Canada...
A large region of light density smoke and several regions of moderate
to thick density smoke attributed to ongoing widespread seasonal
fire activity in the North Plains and South Central Canada was
observed. Moderate to thick density smoke was observed from fire complex
activity in Manitoba progressing northward and Saskatchewan progressing
eastward. Light density smoke was observed over Southern/Central
Saskatchewan, Southern/Central Manitoba, most of Southern Ontario,
and as well as over parts of Eastern North Dakota, and Northern
Minnesota/Wisconsin/Michigan in the most recent GOES visible satellite
imagery.
Eastern Oregon and Western Montana...
A fire complex in Eastern Oregon was observed with moderate to thick
density smoke progressing northeastward and several small fires were
observed in Western Montana with light density smoke progressing
northeastward in recent GOES visible satellite imagery.
South Texas/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Central America/Eastern
Pacific Ocean...
Widespread agricultural and seasonal fire activity was observed over
a large region of Mexico and Central America, which has resulted in
several large regions of moderate to thick density smoke and a broad
region of light density smoke. Moderate to thick density smoke was
observed over most of Honduras, parts of the Southwestern Caribbean Sea,
most of Southwestern Mexico, and a large region of the Western Gulf of
Mexico and Bay of Campeche. Light density smoke was observed over parts
of South Texas, most of Central Mexico, Western Mexico, Eastern Mexico,
the Southern Yucatan Peninsula, and off shore south of Mexico out over
the Eastern Pacific Ocean in recent GOES visible satellite imagery.
DUST:
Eastern Oregon and Northern Mexico/Southern New Mexico/West Texas...
A region of blowing dust was observed in Eastern Oregon progressing
eastward and several regions of blowing dust were seen in Northern Mexico,
Southern New Mexico, and West Texas progressing eastward in recent GOES
satellite imagery.
Eastern Caribbean Islands/Central and Eastern Atlantic Ocean...
A large area of Saharan dust was observed earlier today and this evening
over a large region of the Eastern and Central Atlantic Ocean. Saharan
dust was also observed to the west over parts of the Northeastern
Caribbean Sea and the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. Saharan dust
was also seen over a large region to the north of coastal Northeastern
South America in 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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov