Wednesday, May 19, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 19, 2021

SMOKE:
Northeastern U.S., Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec Canada, Atlantic Ocean...
Numerous large wildfires were seen across Manitoba and southern
Ontario. They are producing a massive amount of dense smoke that was
disbursing while moving northeast across Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec
and into the northeastern U.S. where the moderate to lighter density
smoke extends south over the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of the
eastern U.S.

Nevada...
In southern Nevada a light to heavy density smoke plume attributed to
wildfires was 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/all
of central/southern Mexico, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the
Bay of Campeche, and most 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 Cuba, 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

 


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.