DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z April 08, 2024
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern U.S... Numerous smoke plumes ranging from light to moderate density were seen concentrated in Oklahoma, Alabama, and North Carolina. The smoke plumes were likely linked to widespread agricultural burning observed throughout the Central and southeastern U.S. Earlier in the morning’s analysis, there was a large area of light density smoke from the same widespread agricultural burning that extended across the Mississippi Valley and mingled with the large area of smoke/aerosol originating from Mexico and Central America. However this smoke is now covered by parts of the frontal boundary moving east across the United States for this evening’s analysis. 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. DUST: Central U.S... Moderate to potentially thick blowing dust was observed moving eastward across Kansas, with the dust like originating from the frontal boundary picking up dust when moving across the Great Plains. Light blowing dust was also observed moving east over northern Texas. 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