Sunday, March 31, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0055Z April 01, 2024

SMOKE:
North Carolina/Atlantic Ocean...
Very light remnant smoke was seen extending eastward off the coast of
North Carolina and over the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke is like due from
the seasonal burning throughout the Central and southeastern U.S.

Cuba...
Widespread fire activity was observed across Cuba with predominantly light
density smoke spreading along the southern and northwestern coastlines.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean...
High seasonal fire activity was seen across central-southern Mexico,
the Yucatan Peninsula, and Central America resulting in large plume of
light-to-moderate smoke spreading across entire region and in particular
over the central Mexico states and adjacent areas in the southwestern
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of
Mexico. Aerosols from gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche and
other urban sources in central Mexico contributed additional smoke to
those general areas.

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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