DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1950Z April 13, 2020
SMOKE:
Southern Mexico/Guatemala/Honduras/Gulf of Mexico...
Widespread fire activity continues across Honduras, Guatemala, and most
of southern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. The smoke was predominantly
being transported towards the north-northwest prior to turning to the
south in the afternoon. Many thick smoke plumes could be seen originating
from fires in central and western Honduras, Guatemala, and the Yucatan
Peninsula. Large areas of light-to-moderate density smoke concentration
covered western Honduras, the Gulf of Honduras and Belize, and the central
Yucatan Peninsula. Light-to-moderate smoke also covered the entire region
and extended northward over the entire western and central Gulf of Mexico,
approaching the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana as well as the western
shorelines of Florida.
Cuba...
Numerous fires again dominated the landscape across the entire
island. Smoke was dispersing towards the west. Moderate-density smoke
extended offshore to the north nearing the Florida Keys.
JL
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