DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1620Z May 27, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern CONUS/Atlantic Ocean...
A large region of smoke is edging along the eastern U.S. coast over
the Atlantic Ocean. The smoke extends from Florida in the south to
New England in the north. 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, 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
ans central portions of the Gulf of Mexico and the smoke 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