DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z May 30, 2021
SMOKE:
Northwestern Atlantic...
A relatively narrow (200 miles across) plume consisting of light-density
smoke located some 300 miles off the coast of New England can be seen
stretching northeastward for over 1,000 miles across the northwestern
Atlantic ocean. The plume is assumed to be linked to long range smoke
transported by higher level winds from fires in the southeastern U.S. and
Mexico over the previous days.
Florida...
Heavy smoke could be seen emitting from the Bobcat wildfire in
southwestern Palm Beach County in southern Florida. The fire was burning
intensely during the afternoon hours spreading over more than 10,000
hectares. The smoke was dispersing toward the northeast impacting highly
populated coastal areas from West Palm Beach to Vero Beach.
New Mexico...
The Johnson wildfire in the Mogollon Mountains in Catron County
was actively burning during the late afternoon hours releasing
moderate-to-heavy density smoke for over 100 miles toward the northeast.
Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras...
High fire activity continues across much of western Mexico from central
Guerrero to southern Chihuahua, in addition to the Yucatan Peninsula,
southeastern Guatemala and northeastern Honduras. Two large areas of
mostly light-density smoke are found, the first covering the coastal
areas of eastern Mexico and southwestern Gulf of Mexico, and dipping into
central Veracruz, and the second covering the coastal areas of western
Mexico with the plume extending westward over the Pacific ocean for
about 1,200 miles. Pockets of heavier-density smoke could be seen across
southern Chihuahua, western Durango, central Nayarit and western Jalisco.
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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