DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0125Z April 14, 2024
SMOKE: Central United States... An area of primarily light density smoke attributed to moderate seasonal fire activity in the Central U.S. region was observed extending throughout the Central Plains and Mississippi Valley. The smoke reached the coastal Gulf States and the outskirts of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as extending into parts of the southeastern U.S towards the outskirts of western Georgia. Within the area, numerous light density smoke plumes were seen, moving northward direction within central U.S while the smoke plumes in the southeast were moving southward. In addition patches of moderate dense smoke were seen over Kansas and Oklahoma, and extending through Illinois and into Kentucky area. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Yucatan Peninsula/Gulf of Mexico/Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Pacific Ocean... Ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America contributed to a large mass of predominantly light density smoke were observed this morning over central-southern Mexico, northern Central America, the southern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, the western portion of the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Aerosols from a composite of gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke observed in these regions today. Within the region, moderate dense aerosol/smoke were seen over southwestern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Nguyen 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