DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0102Z April 19, 2024
SMOKE: Eastern United States.. A large area of mostly light density smoke attributed seasonal fires and residual smoke was seen around the eastern U.S. from New Jersey to Georgia and continued just off the Atlantic coast. Two larger fires were burning in western Virginia and eastern West Virginia created some smaller areas of moderate density smoke. Florida... Agricultural burning were noted throughout Florida releasing mostly light to moderate density smoke that was observed moving generally west. Arizona... A wildfire in eastern Arizona was detected today but cloud cover later today precluded further smoke analysis. New Brunswick... A fire in New Brunswick could be seen through cloud cover this afternoon releasing at least light density smoke that was generally moving south over the Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Yucatan Peninsula/Gulf of Mexico/Jamaica/Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Pacific Ocean... Ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Central America and northern South America contributed to a large mass of light density smoke with large areas of moderate smoke and aerosols were observed over central/southern Mexico, northern Central America, the majority of the Gulf of Mexico 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. 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 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