DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z April 14, 2023
SMOKE: Central and Eastern United States/Atlantic Ocean… A large area of smoke comprised of emissions from mainly agricultural burns across the central and southeastern United States continued to be seen over a region that includes a vast majority of the eastern and central United States, western Canada, and portions of the western North Atlantic. This smoke also extended south into the Gulf of Mexico, where it mingles with the smoke/aerosol mix produced from fire and industrial activity from Mexico and Central America. 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 the western Caribbean Islands, Mexico and northwestern Central America, combined with emissions from industrial sources from Mexico and Central America, was seen engulfing eastern and southern Mexico, Cuba, most of the Caribbean Sea, northwestern Central America and extending well into the Pacific Ocean offshore northwestern Central America and southwest Mexico. Within this region, a large area of moderate density smoke/aerosol was seen extending from northwestern Central America and southern Mexico west into the eastern Pacific Ocean. In previously analysis, parts of northwestern Central America and southern Mexico was observed producing thick density smoke/aerosol mix within the area of moderate density smoke/aerosol but cloud cover and lack of light prevented further visibility. Blowing Dust: Light to potentially moderate density dust seen in southern Nebraska and central Kansas was seen moving northward. 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