Tuesday, April 09, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z April 10, 2024

SMOKE:
Central Plains and Middle Mississippi Valley…
High fire activity was seen in the Central Plains and Middle Mississippi
Valley regions, especially in Northern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, eastern
Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa. The fires in Kansas were producing a mix
of light to medium density smoke plumes that were moving towards the
south. The smoke plumes from the fires in Nebraska and Iowa were moving
towards the East and then moved northward over southern Manitoba.



AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central
America/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light to perhaps moderate smoke attributed
to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico,
the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America
continues to be observed blanketing an area from northern Central America
to the northern Gulf Coast, with the most dense smoke present across
the Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf of Mexico, and the coastal plain
of Mexico. Some industrial aerosols may be contributing to this layer
as well.

Rodriguez


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