Tuesday, May 7, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z May 7, 2024

SMOKE:
Southern Florida...
Several agricultural burns originating from the surrounding areas of
Lake Okeechobee were seen emitting plumes of light to moderate smoke
dispersing northwestward in direction.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea/Yucatan Peninsula/Central-Southern
Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed
to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico,
Central America and northern South America was observed this morning
extending from the Gulf of Mexico, through the western portion of
the Caribbean sea, central-southern Mexico, Central America and into
the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastlines of Mexico, Guatemala,
El Salvador and Nicaragua. Portions of the large area of smoke also
extended into the Gulf States, primarily Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama. Areas of slightly more dense smoke and aerosols were observed
over Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula and the western portion of
the Gulf of Mexico. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and
industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in the Bay of
Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke observed
throughout these regions this morning.

Willkens


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