DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0110Z April 10, 2023
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S./Southeastern Canada/Atlantic Ocean… Significant rounds of seasonal burning the past few days across the central U.S. were responsible for a large area of mainly thin density smoke extending from Central U.S. northward to the Central Plains. From there, the smoke extended to the east and northeast over the Great Lakes region, the Ohio Valley and parts of Ontario. Numerous individual smoke plumes were present throughout the Central U.S however cloud cover made it difficult to distinguish the direction and extent of majority the plumes. Based on the few number of plumes visible, the light density plumes were seen moving in north/northwest direction. In addition, very light thin density smoke, previously apart of the larger area of smoke produced from the fire activity in the Central U.S, was seen along the Atlantic coast, extending from the coast of North Carolina to the coast south of Nova Scotia. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern Texas/Southern Florida/Gulf of Mexico/Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Northwestern Central America/Eastern Half of Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of the Southern Coast of Mexico and Central America… Ongoing significant and widespread seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America continued resulting in a very large mass of primarily thin to moderate density smoke which blanketed much of southern and eastern Mexico, portions of Central America, the Pacific well off the coast of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America and most of the Gulf of Mexico. Some aerosols from industrial activities originating in Mexico and Central America may also be mixed in with the smoke. This large area of smoke/aerosol mix may extend further north into southern Texas and east towards Florida, but cloud cover made it difficult to determine the full extent. A large area of moderate density smoke was most notably seen engulfing southern Mexico, northwestern Central America, the Bay of Campeche, parts of southwestern Gulf of Mexico,and well into the Pacific Ocean south of Mexico. In addition, smaller and thicker batch of smoke visible parts of southeastern Mexico, the southwestern part of the Yucatan Peninsula, and a portion of the Bay of Campeche. NGUYEN 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