The GOES and NOAA/AVHRR satellite images of 26 and 27 April 2000 reflect the overall fire situation in Central America as it was highlighted in the GFMC reports during the last days (starting with the Honduras fire report on 31 March 2000). Heat signatures can be seen from fires burning in several countries of Central America. Other fires may be obsured by the cloud cover.
Fig.1. NESDIS/OSEI NOAA-14 AVHRR satellite image of
Central America, 26 April 2000. Heat signatures (red) and large amounts of smoke
(light blue) are visible from numerous large fires burning in Guatemala, Honduras, and
Nicaragua. Large quantities of smoke are visible over the Pacific Ocean.
(Source: NOAA/OSEI).
Fig.2. NESDIS/OSEI NOAA-14 AVHRR satellite image of
Central America, 26 April 2000. Heat signatures (red) and large amounts of smoke
(light blue) are visible from numerous large fires burning in Guatemala, and the Yucatan.
Dense smoke covers much of Guatemala, parts of southeastern Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico ,
and the adjacent Pacific Ocean coastal areas.
(Source: NOAA/OSEI).
Fig.3. NESDIS/OSEI GOES-8 satellite image of Central
America, 27 April 2000. Heavy dense smoke (light tan) from the fires burning in Central
America is streaming over the adjacent Pacific Ocean coastal areas.
(Source: NOAA/OSEI).