DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z April 3, 2023
SMOKE: Midwestern States of the United States... An area of thin density smoke, from fire activity over Kansas and Oklahoma, was seen extending from the Midwestern States of Ohio and Michigan west southwest into portions of Missouri. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast Coast of the United States, Gulf Coastal States of the United States, South Central United States, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Sea, Western Caribbean Islands, Eastern and Southern Mexico, Northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Southwest Mexico and Northwestern Central America... A mixture of thin density smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico, Central America and the western Caribbean Islands and aerosols from industrial activity also originating from portions of Mexico and Central America was seen extending from the Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast Coast of the United States towards the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coastal States, South Central United States, western Caribbean Islands and western Caribbean Sea, eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwest Central America. Eglin 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