DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0005Z March 15, 2025
SMOKE: Great Plains/Texas/Oklahoma... Several large, newly ignited and fast moving wildfires were observed across the Great Plains region this afternoon and into the evening. Wind-fueled fires located in northern Texas, northeastern and central Oklahoma were seen producing large plumes of moderate to thick smoke that were blowing northeast across their respective states while mixing with blowing dust present in the area before continuing north into Kansas. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Western 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 west into the Pacific Ocean and east into the western Gulf of America and the Bay of Campeche. DUST: Great Plains... A significant amount of blowing dust was observed this evening originating from dry lands in eastern New Mexico, northern Mexico and western Texas with the resulting dust cloud covering an expansive area from west and central Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, and western Missouri. As the evening progressed, the dust cloud was seen continuing northeast in direction towards Nebraska and Iowa. 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