DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z April 07, 2024

SMOKE:
Mississippi Valley...
An area of light density high level smoke could be seen moving eastward
along with a frontal boundary extending across most of the Mississippi
Valley. The smoke is likely linked to widespread agricultural burning
detected the day before along the Central U.S. and in particular
over eastern Kansas and Oklahoma, and northern Arkansas and southern
Missouri. The smoke plume extended further south over the Gulf of Mexico
where it mixed with aerosol/smoke originating from Mexico and Central
America.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central
America/Pacific Ocean/Cuba...
A large area of predominantly light to moderate smoke attributed to
widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico,
Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America continues
to be observed today over central-southern Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico,
the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, the Pacific Ocean off the
southern coastline of Mexico, Cuba and to the east of the island over the
Atlantic Ocean. Moderate smoke was visible over the Yucatan Peninsula
and Central America. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions
and industrial sources in Mexico and gas flaring activity in the Bay
of Campeche contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke seen in
these regions today.

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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.