DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350Z March 13, 2025
SMOKE: Midwest and Southeastern United States/Atlantic Seaboard... As previously observed during the morning, an area of light to moderate density smoke attributed to previous and current day fire activity was seen stretching east across the Midwestern and Southeastern regions of the United States towards the Atlantic Seaboard. As the mass of smoke moved closer South to the Gulf coast, it merged with aerosols coming from the South over the Gulf of America. Florida... Several prescribed agricultural burns south of Lake Okeechobee were also observed this morning emitting light to moderate density plumes. These plumes then combined with the previously mentioned mass of smoke and were seen blowing northeast across the state towards the Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America/Yucatan Peninsula/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 west into the Pacific Ocean and east into the southern Gulf of America near the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche where additional gas flaring emissions could be seen originating from oil rigs. 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