DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z May 24, 2021
SMOKE:
Florida/Atlantic...
A large area of light remnant smoke was observed across the southeastern
CONUS and the northwestern Atlantic. The area extends as far east as 50W
with the area likely extending at least a little further eastward. This
smoke is being shunted southward and eastward ahead of a digging
mid-to-upper level trough.
Southern Rockies…
Wildfires along the southern edge of the Mogollon Rim in east-central
Arizona and west-central New Mexico, as well as a fire in north-central
New Mexico, were all observed emitting moderate density smoke that was
moving northeast over northern New Mexico and just barely extending into
far southeastern Colorado.
Northern Plains/Canadian Prairie Provinces…
Smoke was observed emanating from remaining wildfire activity in central
Manitoba. Further likely remnant smoke was observed near and farther
south across central and southern Manitoba, southwestern Ontario, far
northeastern North Dakota, and far northwestern Minnesota. All smoke was
moving off toward the northwest east of a potent cyclone over southern
Saskatchewan.
Mexico...
A large area of light to moderate density smoke was observed all
along the western coast of Mexico and extending offshore a couple
hundred miles. The most dense smoke was emanating from western Jalisco,
Michoacan, and Guerrero. The smoke was moving out to sea from Guerrero
and moving clockwise over the Pacific Ocean before coming ashore near
the Sinaloa/Nayarit border. To a much lesser extent, smoke was alos
observed across the isthmus of Tehuantepec.
DUST:
Northern Plains…
Strong winds out of the southwest were observed transporting dust lofted
from portions of eastern North Dakota across eastern North Dakota,
northwestern Minnesota, far southeastern Manitoba and southwestern
Ontario. Smoke was also observed just north of the area of blowing dust,
which is described above.
Caribbean...
An area of Saharan Dust was observed across much of the Caribbean Sea. A
main area extends west to south of Jamaica with a second, smaller
portion over the eastern Caribbean Sea extending from Jamaica to the
Yucatan Peninsula.
Hosley
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov