DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z April 11, 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. eastward to the northeastern U.S., the Mid-Atlantic region, the southeastern U.S., and narrowing into a band off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast over the Atlantic Ocean passing just south of the coastal part of far southeastern Canada. Within the large area of smoke, patches of moderate density smoke was observed across the central U.S in the areas most responsible for the smoke, most notably western Kansas, Iowa and parts of Mid-West, and central Nebraska. The smoke also extended to the northeast over eastern Ontario and southern Quebec in southeastern Canada. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southeastern New Mexico/Southwestern and southern Texas/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 huge mass of primarily thin to moderate density smoke which blanketed much of the eastern half of Mexico, portions of Central America, the Pacific well off the coast of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America, the central and southern Gulf of Mexico, southeastern New Mexico, and southwestern and southern Texas, where it mingles with the smoke from significant burning in the Central U.S. Some aerosols from industrial activities originating in Mexico and Central America may also be mixed in with the smoke. Embedded areas of moderate to even thick density smoke were visible especially over southern and southeastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, northwestern Central America, and off the coast of northwestern Central America and southern Mexico over the Pacific Ocean. 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