Sunday, April 14, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1610Z April 14, 2024

SMOKE:
Central United States...
An area of very light density remnant smoke from previous day
agricultural burning in the Central U.S. region was observed over most
of the Central Plains and Mississippi Valley, and extending eastward
along the Appalachians Mountains and northward over the Great Lakes.

Florida...
Multiple agricultural fires were active this morning south of Lake
Okeechobee, releasing light-to-moderate intensity smoke to the
west. A larger plume was formed from those individual fires covering
central-western Palm Beach and central-eastern Hendry counties.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Southern Mexico/Caribbean Sea/Pacific Ocean...
Seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Central
America and northern South America contributed to an area of light
density smoke were observed this morning over the Pacific Ocean off the
coast of southern Mexico and northern Central America, in addition to
the Caribbean Sea. A few large wildfires were also present in the state
of Oaxaca/Mexico releasing moderate-density smoke to their immediate
surroundings. Additional aerosol pollution from urban activity and gas
flaring in central Mexico was also observed over the state of Veracruz.

WS


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