DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z May 26, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern CONUS/Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico...
An expansive region of smoke blankets much of the southeastern CONUS
into the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and continues southeast
off the coast of south Florida eastward extending 1,070 miles over the
Atlantic Ocean. 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.
Texas, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Central America/Pacific south
of Mexico…
A large area of light to moderate density smoke remains in the area
covering parts of northern/southern Mexico and Central America, all of
central Mexico, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the western
portion of the Gulf of Mexico and extends north into southern Texas
and Louisiana. This entire area of smoke was due mainly to the ongoing
seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America.
DUST:
Caribbean
A thin plume of Saharan dust blankets most of the Caribbean Sea.
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