DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z April 13, 2023
SMOKE: Central and Eastern United States… 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, southern Ontario and portions of the western North Atlantic. The smoke is mainly light, but some areas of medium density smoke were seen over Kentucky and Tennessee, Michigan and southern Ontario and also over Missouri and Illinois. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Gulf Coastal States of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Islands, Western Caribbean Sea, Eastern and Southern Mexico, 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 extending from the Florida and the western Caribbean Islands west through the Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea, eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean offshore northwestern Central America and southwest Mexico. An area of moderate density smoke was seen extending from northwestern Central America and southern Mexico west into the eastern Pacific Ocean. Hanna 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