DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 18, 2021
SMOKE:
Northeastern U.S., Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec Canada...
Numerous large wildfires were seen across southern Ontario and western
Manitoba. They are producing a massive amount of mostly moderate to
dense smoke moving northeast across Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and into
the northeastern U.S. where the lighter density smoke blends into the
clouds.. Smaller fires in Manitoba are emitting light to moderate dense
smoke across southern and central areas. Fires in southwest Ontario were
emitting light to moderate dense smoke across that region. An areas of
residual smoke was seen over western Quebec most likely from these fires
burning over the last few days.
Oregon...
In central Oregon a light to moderate density smoke plume attributed to
wildfires were visible with the smoke moving east in direction.
Idaho...
In central Idaho a light to moderate density smoke plume attributed to
wildfires were visible with the smoke moving east in direction.
Texas, 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 some of northern Mexico and Central America. As well as most
of central/southern Mexico, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico,
the Bay of Campeche, and the western portion of The Gulf of Mexico. This
smoke also extends north into southern Texas. 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 Tropical Atlantic Ocean and Southern Caribbean Sea...
Light density Saharan dust was observed over parts of the Southern
Caribbean Sea around Hispaniola and Puerto Rico extending south over
Coastal northern 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