DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z April 13, 2024

SMOKE:
Central United States...
An area of primarily light density smoke attributed to moderate seasonal
fire activity in the Central U.S. region was observed this morning
from the east-central border of Iowa, south to the northern border of
Oklahoma and extending southeast into northern Alabama. A small area of
slightly more dense smoke was seen along the Missouri-Iowa border and
is presumably remnant smoke that has dispersed eastwards towards these
states from the significant amount of fire activity that occurred in
eastern Kansas yesterday.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Central America/Yucatan Peninsula/Gulf of
Mexico/Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Pacific Ocean...
Ongoing widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern
Mexico, Central America and northern South America contributed to a large
mass of predominantly light density smoke were observed this morning over
central-southern Mexico, northern Central America, the southern portion
of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, the western portion of the Caribbean Sea and
the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Aerosols from
a composite of gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche contributed
to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke observed in these regions today.

Willkens


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.