DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z March 17, 2025

SMOKE:
Central Plains/Lower Mississippi River Basin...
A layer of very light density remnant smoke attributed to agricultural
fires in previous days was observed blanketing areas throughout the
Central Plains and the Lower Mississippi River Basin. Several small light
density plumes, concentrated mostly in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and
Arkansas, were also observed this morning emitting light density smoke
that was blowing generally north in direction.

No other areas of significant smoke were observed in the satellite
imagery this morning.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America/Bay of
Campeche/Yucatan Peninsula/Atlantic Seaboard...
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 Bay of Campeche and the Yucatan Peninsula where
it continued northeast along the southern Atlantic Seaboard.

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

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.