DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1440Z March 19, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S... A light density remnant smoke plume originating from previous day’s fires from Georgia and Alabama was observed along the coastline extending from South Carolina into southeastern Georgia. Florida... Several prescribed ongoing agricultural burns just south of Lake Okeechobee emitting light density smoke plumes that were seen blowing south across the state. AEROSOL/SMOKE: 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 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 southern Gulf of America near the Bay of Campeche. DUST: New Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma/Mexico... A large amount of moderate to thick density dust, originating in northern Mexico and southeastern Texas, was observed moving northeastward across northern Louisiana, eastern Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri. Ferrante 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