Friday, March 29, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z March 30, 2024

SMOKE:
Midwestern/Southeastern United States...
A large area of light density remnant smoke attributed to moderate to
heavy seasonal agricultural burning throughout the Midwest was observed
in the central Midwest and entire southeastern U.S with the exception
of Florida. The light density smoke east from Kansas through central
Missouri and Iowa. The smoke then continued moving east, as far as the
Atlantic Coasts of North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, where it was
then seen dispersing just off the coastline. Some of this smoke observed
in the Midwest region is likely remnant smoke from the numerous fires
and notable plumes observed yesterday in northeast Arkansas, southeast
Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. Within the region,there are likely sizable
smoke plumes, ranging from light to moderate density, however, extensive
cloud cover make analysis difficult to complete.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Caribbean Sea/Cuba/Central
America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico...
A large area of light to moderate density smoke originating from
widespread fire activity in Central America, mixed with aerosol from a
composite of volcanic and industrial emissions in Mexico was observed
over southern Texas, central and southern Mexico, western half of the
Gulf of Mexico/The Bay of Campeche, and the western portion of the
Caribbean Sea. This combination of smoke and aerosol was seen extending
from the Caribbean Sea northwest along the Cayman Trench, just off the
eastern side of Cuba where it was also seen extending southwest into
the Yucatan Peninsula/northern Central America, where it continues west
into the Pacific Ocean south of Mexico. In these regions, the moderate
to potentially heavy smoke/aerosol was seen over central Mexico, Pacific
ocean south of Mexico, and parts of the western Gulf of Mexico

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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