DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1800Z April 14, 2023
SMOKE: Central and Eastern United States… There was remnant smoke from yesterday’s fire activity over the Central U.S. this morning but had dissipated by this early afternoon. There was cloud coverage over most of the eastern, southeastern region of the U.S. which made it difficult to visibly see smoke activity. There were a few fires in the NE corner, Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and southern New York that were emitting light density smoke plumes with the exception of the PA fire which emitted light to heavy smoke. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Eastern and Southern Mexico, Western Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Western Caribbean Sea, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwestern Central America…. An area of light to moderate density smoke, from fire activity over Mexico and northwestern Central America, was seen engulfing eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and extending well into the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the individual fires within Mexico emitted light density smoke and were heading towards the NW. Rodriguez 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