Friday, April 12, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0113Z April 13, 2024

SMOKE:
Central United States/Northeastern United States..
A large area of light to moderate density smoke attributed seasonal fires
in the Central U.S. was seen from northeastern Texas all the way north
into the eastern Dakotas. Heavy burning in eastern Kansas created a large
are of moderate density smoke. Heavy cloud cover over the northeeastern
U.S. and Canada precluded further smoke analysis in the area.

Florida...
Scattered fire activity across southern Florida was observed producing an
area of light density smoke today moving generally east from the parent
fire activity over the Atlantic Ocean.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Yucatan Peninsula/Gulf of
Mexico/Pacific Ocean...
Ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern
Mexico, Central America and northern South America contributed to a large
mass of light density smoke with 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.


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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