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