Saturday, April 06, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0116Z April 07, 2024

SMOKE:
Central U.S./Southeastern U.S./Southeastern Canada…
An area of light density smoke with areas of moderate density smoke
attributed another day of heavy seasonal fire activity was noted from
eastern Texas moving northwest over Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska,
continuing north through the Midwestern U.S. and into southern
Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The smoke continues south and east from there
and was observed throughout the southeastern U.S., into the northern and
eastern Gulf of Mexico and over Florida until it was seen dispersing
just off the Coastal Atlantic region. Moderate to thick density smoke
plumes were noted throughout the entire area and were combining to create
larger areas of sustained moderate density smoke. Cloud cover in the
southeastern U.S. is probably covering up more areas of moderate smoke.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central
America/Cuba/Hispaniola/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light to moderate smoke attributed to
widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico,
Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America was observed
today over southern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Gulf of Mexico,
Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of
Mexico, and east over the northern Caribbean Sea. Moderate smoke was
visible over the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. 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 seen in these regions today.


BLOWING DUST:
New Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas...
A band of light to moderate blowing dust was observed kicking up from the
Northern Mexico, southeast portions of New Mexico and western Texas. The
dust was moving northeast into central Oklahoman and Kansas.


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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