Saturday, May 11, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z May 11, 2024

SMOKE:

British Columbia/Central and Southeastern U.S...
Numerous large wildfires located in northeastern British Columbia and
into the Northwest Territories were seen producing large amounts of thick
density smoke that extended eastward through Alberta, Saskatchewan,
and parts of Manitoba. Moderate density smoke extended further north,
where a frontal boundary carried the moderate smoke into parts of the
Northwestern Territories, Nunavut, and northern Manitoba. The larger
area of smoke extended south into the central U.S, where it combined with
smoke attributed from the seasonal burning and fire activity throughout
the United States. This overall large smoke engulfed most of the southern
U.S. and was seen progressing eastward into the Atlantic Ocean


AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea/Central-Southern Mexico/Central
America/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic...
A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed
to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico,
Central America and northern South America was observed this morning
extending from the Gulf of Mexico, through the western portion of the
Caribbean sea, central-southern Mexico, Central America and into the
Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastlines of Mexico and Guatemala. Areas
of higher density smoke and aerosols were observed over parts of eastern
coast of Mexico,the Bay of Campeche,eastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida and
into the Atlantic Ocean. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions
and industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in the Bay
of Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke observed
throughout these regions today.

Nguyen

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 map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
Smoke data:
https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons
Fire data:
https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov