Saturday, May 4, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0051Z May 5, 2024

SMOKE:
British Columbia…
New fires in northeastern British Columbia could be seen producing
light density smoke which generally spread to the northwest of the fire
remaining in British Columbia as the evening approached.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Cuba/Jamaica/Gulf
States/Central America/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed
to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico,
the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America was
observed this today extending from the Gulf of Mexico extending into the
Gulf States and south through the Caribbean sea towards Cuba and Jamaica,
then west to central-southern Mexico, Central America and into the Pacific
Ocean off the southwest coastlines of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and
Nicaragua. Areas of higher density smoke and aerosols were observed over
Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula the Gulf of Mexico. 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 this morning.

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 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