DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z March 30, 2024
SMOKE: Eastern/Central United States... Remnant smoke from previous days’ agricultural burning was observed from Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Mississippi stretching east and southeastward to the Atlantic Ocean off of New Jersey southward to Florida. Additional new agricultural burning was also observed to be beginning to produce smoke plumes in eastern Kansas, Alabama, Georgia, and southern Florida. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Caribbean Sea/Cuba/Hispaniola/Central America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico... Remnant smoke mixed with aerosols and smoke from ongoing fires across Mexico and Central America was observed over southern and eastern Mexico, much of the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, the western Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, and coastal Pacific Ocean waters off of Mexico and northern Central America. MTC 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