Tuesday, June 1, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0001Z June 02, 2021

SMOKE:
Southwestern New Mexico...
The Johnson Fire in Southwestern New Mexico to the northwest of Sliver
City, New Mexico was observed emitting light to moderate density smoke
progressing eastward even through the clouds.

Midwest, Great Lakes, and Southern Ontario...
A region of remnant light density smoke attributed from recent
agricultural burning activity was observed over parts of the Midwest,
Great Lakes, and Southern Canada including Southern Minnesota, parts
of Wisconsin, most of Lower Michigan, and parts of Southern Ontario
continued this evening in GOES visible satellite imagery.

South Central and Southwestern Florida/Eastern Gulf of Mexico...
Smoke from the Bobcat wildfire complex and another fire complex to the
south and southwest of Lake Okeechobee was no longer visible due to
cloud coverage in the area.

Manitoba, Canada…
A cluster of fires in southern Manitoba were emitting light, moderate,
and heavy smoke plumes towards the south and then eastward.

Southwestern and Western Mexico, Southern Bay of Campeche,and the Eastern
Pacific Ocean...
Widespread fire activity continues to persist across most of Coastal
Western Mexico and parts of Coastal Southwestern Mexico. A large region
of light density smoke was observed from the fire activity across most
of Southern and Western Coastal Mexico. Moderate to thick density smoke
was observed in the vicinity of most of the fires. Light density smoke
was also observed over parts of the Southern Bay of Campeche, over most
of the Mexican state of Veracruz, and parts of Western Tabasco. Light
density smoke was also observed off the coast of Southern and Western
Mexico to the south of the Gulf of California out over parts of the
Eastern Pacific Ocean in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.

Rodriguez


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.