DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z May 4, 2023
SMOKE: Central United States, Midwestern United States, Central Canada and Western Canada…. Thin density smoke from fire activity over Canada was seen today extending from much of western and central Canada southeast into the northern Rockies, Northern and Central Plains and into the Upper Midwest States of the United States. A few areas of moderate to high density smoke were seen within this area and were located over northern Saskatchewan and over northern Alberta extending northeast into the southern Northwest Territories. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast United States Coast, Gulf of Mexico Coastal States, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Islands, Western Caribbean Sea, Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Northwestern Central America and Southwest Mexico…. A very large area of thin to moderate density smoke from ongoing fire activity in Mexico and Central America was seen over portions of the Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast United States Coast and then extending west and southwest through the Gulf Coastal States of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea, western Caribbean Islands, Mexico, northwest Central America and into the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of northwest Central America and southwest Mexico. Within this area, an area of moderate density smoke was over much of the western Gulf of Mexico, southern Mexico and just offshore coastal locations of Mexico. Hanna 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