DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0300z. May 14. 2020
SMOKE:
Florida…
Several agricultural fires are south and southwest of Lake Okeechobee with
light density plumes dispersing towards the west. A wildfire southeast
of LaBelle is producing a light to moderate density plume moving to the
west. A large wildfire on the northwest side of Picayune Strand State
Forest is producing a heavy density plume spreading west-northwest.
Mexico and Central America...
Numerous fires remained active across the region. Stagnant light density
smoke covered much of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras extending
for approximately 200 miles offshore over the Pacific ocean, while also
covering most of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Pockets of moderate
density smoke could also be seen over the states of Guerrero, Chiapas,
Tabasco, eastern Veracruz, and western Campeche in Mexico, in addition
to northwestern and southeastern Guatemala, and western Honduras. Other
small light density plumes are detected over the west-central part of
Mexico moving to the north and northeast.
Konon
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