DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z May 26, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern CONUS/Atlantic Ocean…
An expansive region of smoke blankets much of the eastern CONUS and
extends southeast off the Carolina coast out eastward just south of
Bermuda and continuing out toward the east. This smoke is likely the
remnant smoke from wildfire activity across central Manitoba last week,
as well as some minor contributions from widely scattered smaller
agricultural fires throughout the southeastern CONUS.
Arizona and New Mexico…
Continued fire activity across southern Arizona and New Mexico was
producing light to moderate density smoke that was generally moving
east-northeast.
Mexico...
Continued fire activity throughout much of coastal Mexico (both the Gulf
and Pacific sides) continues to add to the thin to moderate density smoke
area blanketing much of Mexico, parts of the western Gulf of Mexico and
Bay of Campeche, and portions of the tropical Eastern Pacific. Smoke
from fires in the Mexican Rockies is moving east while smoke across
southern Mexico is moving off toward the southwest. The densest smoke
was observed across southwestern Mexico.
DUST:
Northern Plains…
A cold front moving across Minnesota into Ontario, Lake Superior and
Wisconsin is leaving in it’s wake lofted dust with contributions
from yesterday’s blowing dust event in eastern North Dakota and
some new contribution from the same source region. At sunset, the area
encompassed eastern North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota, Minnesota,
the westernmost portions of Lake Superior, far northwestern Wisconsin,
and southeastern Ontario.
Caribbean
A thin plume of Saharan dust blankets most of the Caribbean Sea. Some
dust may also be extending into the Gulf of Mexico.
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)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov