DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1740Z May 24, 2021
SMOKE:
Florida/Atlantic...
A large, long plume of light density, likely left over from wildfires in
Canada last week, was detected from southern Florida, across the Bahamas,
and out into the open Atlantic to about 600 miles east-southeast of
Bermuda. Within this light density plume, a moderate density area was
found extending from near southeastern Florida coast eastward to a few
hundred miles east of the Bahamas.
Mexico...
A large, light density plume from continued extensive agricultural burns
was located over north-central Mexico extending south-southeastward to
the southern and southeast Pacific coastal Mexico. Along parts of the
southern and southwestern Pacific coast of Mexico, a moderate density
plume was detected.
DUST:
Caribbean...
An light density area of Saharan Dust was detected over the eastern and
central 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