DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z April 1, 2023

SMOKE:
Midwestern United States extending southwest into the South Central
United States….
Fire activity over Oklahoma and Kansas was producing a mostly thin to
localized medium density area of smoke that was seen extending from
portions of southern Ontario, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia
west and southwest through portions of the Midwestern States and into
the South Central United States.


SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast Coast of the United States, Southeastern
United States, Gulf Coastal States of the United States, Gulf of Mexico,
Western Caribbean Sea, Western Caribbean Islands, Eastern and Southern
Mexico, Northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and
southwest of Southwest Mexico and Northwestern Central America...
A mixture of primarily thin density smoke from seasonal fire activity in
Mexico, Central America and the western Caribbean Islands and aerosols
from industrial activity also originating from portions of Mexico
and Central America was seen extending from the Atlantic Ocean off the
Southeast Coast of the United States, through the Southeast United States,
the Gulf Coastal States, the Gulf of Mexico, the western Caribbean Sea,
eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the
Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwest
Central America.

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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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.