DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0152Z February 26, 2025
Smoke: Southeastern & Central United States/Northern Gulf of America/Atlantic Ocean... Moderate seasonal burning was seen throughout the central and southeastern United States. An area of light density smoke with some moderate density plumes was visible over Oklahoma and Missouri south through Texas and into the Gulf of America. In the southeastern U.S. area of light density smoke with some large moderate density plumes was visible in starting in Mississippi and continued east and north over southern Virginia where the smoke continues off the coast over the Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Western Caribbean Sea, Southern Mexico, Northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean…. An area of predominantly light density smoke and aerosols attributed to scattered agricultural burning, volcanic emissions and industrial sources throughout central and southern Mexico was observed today over the western Caribbean Sea extending southwest into central and southern Mexico, northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southern Mexico and northwest Central America. Eglin 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