DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1635Z March 03, 2025
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern United States... Light to moderate seasonal agricultural burning was observed throughout the Central and Southeastern regions of the United States this morning resulting in a layer of light density smoke that was seen stretching southeast in direction from South Dakota towards Tennessee, with a small area of more dense smoke visible over Illinois. Despite significant cloud cover over the Southeastern United States this morning, several light density plumes were visible in Tennessee, the Carolinas and Southern Florida near Lake Okeechobee and were blowing southwest in direction towards the Gulf of America. 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 morning along the southwestern coast of Mexico near northern Central America where 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. An area of light smoke attributed to seasonal fire activity in the region was also seen in the Caribbean Sea off of the western coast of Cuba. Willkens 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