Saturday, March 30, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z March 30, 2024

SMOKE:
Eastern/Central United States...
Remnant smoke from previous days’ agricultural burning was observed
from Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Mississippi stretching east and
southeastward to the Atlantic Ocean off of New Jersey southward to
Florida. Additional new agricultural burning was also observed to be
beginning to  produce smoke plumes in eastern Kansas, Alabama, Georgia,
and southern Florida.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Caribbean
Sea/Cuba/Hispaniola/Central America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico...
Remnant smoke mixed with aerosols and smoke from ongoing fires across
Mexico and Central America was observed over southern and eastern Mexico,
much of the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the western Caribbean Sea,
Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, and coastal Pacific Ocean waters off of Mexico
and northern Central America.

MTC

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