DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z May 19, 2021
SMOKE:
Canada/Eastern US...
Ongoing large wildfires over southern Manitoba and far southwestern
Ontario were spreading an extensive light-density plume that covers parts
of central and northern Manitoba, northern Ontario, central Quebec, most
of New England, and parts of the Mid-Atlantic. A narrow, moderate-density
plume moving to the northeast into Hudson’s Bay from the Manitoba
wildfires was found within this thin-density plume. A small, detached
moderate-density plume was located over north-central Ontario.
Mexico/Central America...
A large thin-density plume from seasonal agricultural burns covered much
of central Mexico. Smaller plumes from more agricultural burns were found
over west-central Mexico, southeastern Mexico, and parts of Honduras.
DUST:
Caribbean Sea...
A thin area of Saharan dust was detected over the eastern part of the
Caribbean Sea.
Konon
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