THROUGH 0100 March 25, 2021
Arkansas... In Arkansas two large light to moderate density smoke plumes attributed to seasonal fire activity were observed moving in a northerly direction. Florida... Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout Florida causing a large number of light density smoke plumes over southern Florida moving northeast in direction. Cuba... Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout Cuba causing a large number of light density smoke plumes creating an area of smoke over the northern portion of the island moving in a northerly direction. Texas , Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean... A large region of light to moderate density smoke was observed over southern Texas most of central Mexico, coastal eastern and southern Mexico extending out into the Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke was also observed over parts of Southern Mexico and the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The plumes appears to consist of smoke from heavy seasonal burning in the region, gas flaring activity, as well as urban pollution/aerosols. Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout Mexico causing a large number of light to moderate density smoke plumes. 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: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/ KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire) http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov