DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 29, 2021
SMOKE:
Eastern Arizona/Western New Mexico...
Wildfires including the Boggy Creek and McDonald Tank Fires in the
forested region of eastern Arizona and the Johnson Fire in the Gila
National Forest of western New Mexico were responsible for an area
of varying density smoke including a band of relatively thicker smoke
located near and in between the fires.
Southeastern U.S./Mid-Atlantic Region/Atlantic off the Eastern and
Southeastern U.S…
A broad area of leftover thin density smoke likely mixed with other
atmospheric aerosols was visible early this morning across the area
stretching from Florida in the south to New Jersey in the north,extending
out approximately 1,070 miles over the Mid-Atlantic region. This smoke is
likely from last week’s wildfire activity in Manitoba which is trapped
aloft in this area though some contribution from local fire activity in
the Southeastern U.S. as well as from seasonal fires in Mexico may also
be occurring.
South Dakota, Western Minnesota...
Widespread agricultural burning was visible over Manitoba, Western
Minnesota and North Dakota. This produced smoke plumes of thin density
spreading to the north.
Southern 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 much of central/southern/northern Mexico and Central America,
as well as parts the Pacific south of Mexico, and The Gulf of Mexico. This
smoke also extends north into southern Texas. Embedded patches of moderate
to heavy density smoke were visible in association with some of the more
active fires especially in Mexico, and along the coasts. This entire
area of smoke was due mainly to the ongoing seasonal fires in Mexico
and Central America.
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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov