Sunday, April 07, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z April 08, 2024

SMOKE:
Central and Southeastern U.S...
Numerous smoke plumes ranging from light to moderate density were seen
concentrated in Oklahoma, Alabama, and North Carolina. The smoke plumes
were likely linked to widespread agricultural burning observed throughout
the Central and southeastern U.S. Earlier in the morning’s analysis,
there was a large area of light density smoke from the same widespread
agricultural burning that extended across the Mississippi Valley and
mingled with the large area of smoke/aerosol originating from Mexico
and Central America. However this smoke is now covered by parts of
the frontal boundary moving east across the United States for this
evening’s analysis.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central
America/Pacific Ocean/Cuba...
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 continues
to be observed today over central-southern Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico,
the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, the Pacific Ocean off the
southern coastline of Mexico, Cuba and to the east of the island over the
Atlantic Ocean. 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.

DUST:
Central U.S...
Moderate to potentially thick blowing dust was observed moving eastward
across Kansas, with the dust like originating from the frontal boundary
picking up dust when moving across the Great Plains. Light blowing dust
was also observed moving east over northern Texas.

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