DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z March 03, 2025
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern United States/Gulf of America... Light to moderate seasonal agricultural burning was observed throughout the South Central and Southeastern regions of the United States this evening resulting in a layer of light density smoke that was seen stretching southeast from the Dakotas towards Missouri. Despite cloud cover over the central United States, this light density smoke continued moving southeast through The Gulf, mixing with the smoke/aerosol mixture produced from Mexico and Central America. Numerous light density plumes scattered throughout the Central and Gulf States were visible this evening, with the smoke plumes in the southeast blowing south/southwestward while smoke plumes in central U.S were blowing north/northwestward. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America/Bay of Campeche... 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 this evening along the southwestern coast of Mexico near northern Central America. It was then seen extending further west into the Pacific Ocean before expanding east into the southwestern portion of the Gulf of America near the Bay of Campeche and then continuing moving north towards southern Texas. DUST: Texas... Moderate blowing dust was observed progressing eastward across western Texas. The dust likely originated from Northern Mexico, where weather conditions progressed the dust towards the state. The dust may extend further east across the state, but cloud cover prevented further analysis. 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