DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z May 25, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/Atlantic Ocean/Northern U.S.... Wildfires located in northwestern Canada, including northeastern British Columbia, northern Alberta, and the Northwest Territories, were observed producing plumes of dense smoke moving in multiple directions. Remnant smoke from these fires was observed stretching across much of northern Canada, and also across portions of the north-central U.S. Thick cloud cover over southern Canada and portions of the northern U.S. likely obscured observation of the full extent of this smoke; however, it was observed earlier today. New Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma... A fire north of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was observed producing a smoke plume of up to moderate density moving generally eastward. Lighter-density smoke from this fire extended over northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. Central U.S. Gulf Coast... Agricultural and prescribed burning was observed in southern Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle, producing plumes of up to moderate-density smoke moving generally eastward. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea/Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Southeastern U.S…. Numerous fires, presumed to be primarily the result of seasonal agricultural burning, were observed throughout Mexico, Cuba, and Central America producing plumes of mainly light smoke. A few of these fires were observed to be producing moderate-density smoke. All of this smoke was adding to a large area of remnant smoke mixed with various aerosols, which covered much of Mexico, Central America, the Gulf of Mexico, the northwestern Caribbean Sea, the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Mexico and Central America coasts, and Louisiana and eastern Texas. 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