DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z April 10, 2024
SMOKE: Central Plains and Middle Mississippi Valley… High fire activity was seen in the Central Plains and Middle Mississippi Valley regions, especially in Northern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa. The fires in Kansas were producing a mix of light to medium density smoke plumes that were moving towards the south. The smoke plumes from the fires in Nebraska and Iowa were moving towards the East and then moved northward over southern Manitoba. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Central America/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to perhaps moderate smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America and northern South America continues to be observed blanketing an area from northern Central America to the northern Gulf Coast, with the most dense smoke present across the Bay of Campeche, the western Gulf of Mexico, and the coastal plain of Mexico. Some industrial aerosols may be contributing to this layer as well. Rodriguez 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