Wednesday, April 17, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 00121Z April 18, 2024

SMOKE:
Central United States/Northeastern United States..
A large area of mostly light density smoke attributed seasonal fires
in the Central U.S. was seen around the borders of Kansas and Nebraska
reaching as far south as northern Texas and as far north as western
Iowa. Heavy burning in eastern Kansas created some smaller areas of
moderate density smoke. Heavy cloud cover over the northeastern U.S.,
southeastern U.S. and Canada precluded further smoke analysis in the area.

Florida...
Agricultural burning were noted throughout Florida releasing mostly light
density smoke that was observed moving generally northwest. Two fires
were noted in central Florida releasing moderate density smoke today.

Arizona...
Two possible wildfires in northwestern and central Arizona were releasing
light smoke that was observed moving generally northeast remaining in
the respective state as evening approached.


AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Yucatan Peninsula/Gulf of
Mexico/Jamaica/Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Pacific Ocean...
Ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern
Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, 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