DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350Z March 07, 2025
SMOKE: Alabama/Georgia/South Carolina... Stretching across Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, several individual light to moderate density smoke plumes were observed. Originating from suspected prescribed fires, wildfires, and industrial emissions, these smoke plumes carried aerosols north across the Gulf of America and merged to form a large mass of smoke drifting east into the Atlantic Ocean. Oklahoma/Texas/Arkansas/Alabama... Originating from Johnston County (south-central Oklahoma), ongoing planned burns were 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 drifted east towards the Atlantic Ocean. BLOWING DUST: Northern Mexico/Southwestern United States... Winds stirred up dust in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, which was observed blowing northwest into New Mexico and Texas. 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. 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. 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