DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z March 11, 2025
SMOKE: Central-Mississippi Valley/Oklahoma/Tennessee Valley/Ohio Valley... Agricultural fires across Oklahoma, the central-Mississippi Valley, the Tennessee Valley, and the Ohio Valley were observed producing light to locally moderate density smoke plumes. While smoke in Oklahoma and the central-Mississippi Valley generally moves to the northeast, smoke in the Tennessee Valley and the Ohio Valley moves to the south-southeast. Southeastern Texas/South western Louisiana... Agricultural fires across southeastern Texas and south western Louisiana were observed producing light to locally moderate and heavy density smoke moving south off the Gulf of America. West-Central South Dakota/East-Central Nebraska... Two large prescribed fires were observed in West-central South Dakota and east-central Nebraska, producing light density smoke moving southwest and west, respectively. Northwestern California... A few prescribed fires in Humboldt County were observed producing light density smoke moving with the weather system to the northwest. 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 today 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 western portion of the Gulf of America and the Bay of Campeche. YL 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