DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z February 9, 2025
SMOKE: Florida... Agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed across the state, producing light density smoke plumes. Smoke plumes south of Lake Okeechobee was observed moving northwestward while the smoke located in northern Florida was seen moving northeastward. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southern Texas, Western Gulf, Central and Southern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean off the Central and Southern Coast of Mexico…. A large area of predominantly light smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America was observed today extending from southern Texas south through the western Gulf, central and southern Mexico, along the west coast of Mexico to near the southern tip of the Baja and into the Pacific Ocean south of the Pacific coastline of central and southern Mexico. Aerosols from volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico were also likely mixing into this area of aerosol/smoke, especially over areas of Mexico. 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