DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z February 28, 2025
SMOKE: Georgia/South Carolina... Stretching across Georgia and South Carolina, several individual light to moderate density plumes of smoke were observed. Originating from suspected prescribed fires, wildfires, and industrial emissions, these smoke plumes merged to form a large mass of smoke that drifted east into the Atlantic Ocean and south into northern Florida. Oklahoma/Texas/Arkansas/Alabama... An ongoing wildfire in the Kiamichi Mountains of Pushmataha County (Oklahoma) was observed producing a mass of light to moderate density smoke that drifted into northeastern Texas, northern Louisiana, Arkansas, and western Alabama. Florida... Agricultural burns in northern Florida and around Lake Okeechobee produced a plume of light to moderate density smoke. The plume was observed combining with aerosols from the Gulf of America, which then blew east towards the Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of America/Yucatan Peninsula/Central America/Cuba/Hispaniola/Pacific Ocean... A large area of predominantly light to moderate smoke attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, and northern South America was observed today over southern Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Gulf of America, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico, extending east over the northern Caribbean Sea. Moderate smoke was visible over the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico contributed to the expansive area of aerosol/smoke seen in these regions today. Cardona 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