DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0330Z May 8, 2021

SMOKE:
Arizona...
In central Arizona a light to moderate density smoke plume attributed
to wildfires was observed moving northeast in direction as well as two
additional light  density smoke plumes attributed to wildfires.

North-Central U.S., South-Central Canada...
Widespread fire activity throughout the north-Central U.S., South-Central
Canada, mainly in Minnesota and Manitoba was producing a large amount of
primarily light density smoke plumes. Smoke was moving primarily south
throughout the area.

Florida, Texas, Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Central
America/Pacific south of Mexico...
A large area of light to moderate density smoke remains in the area
covering much of northern and all of central/southern Mexico, northern
Central America, a portion of the Pacific south of Mexico, the Bay of
Campeche, and the most of the Gulf of Mexico, it extends north into
southern Texas and east through southern Florida. Embedded patches of
moderate to heavy density smoke were visible in association with some of
the more active fires especially in Mexico, and along the coasts. This
entire area of smoke is due mainly to the ongoing seasonal fires in
Mexico and Central America.

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:   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.