DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 22, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS/Bahamas... Widespread agricultural burning from east Texas and eastern Oklahoma to the Carolinas, Florida, and the Bahamas was observed producing numerous mainly light to moderate smoke plumes. Smoke was generally moving clockwise around an area of high pressure centered over the northeastern eastern Gulf of America Chihuahua... Across the Mexican State of Chihuahua, multiple fires were observed producing moderate to thick smoke that was observed moving east to east-northeastward. Cuba... Thin to moderate smoke from agricultural and prescribed burning across Cuba was observed mainly moving south-southwestward then west-southwestward over Jamaica and the Caribbean. AEROSOL/SMOKE/DUST: Central and Southern Mexico/Western and Southern Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean/Cuba... An area of mainly light density smoke, aerosol, and blowing dust was seen extending from Cuba to the Mississippi Valley, the Rio Grande Valley, the Bay of Campeche, southern Mexico, and the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Thicker smoke was seen extending southwestward off the coast of southern Chiapas and western Guatemala, while thicker remnant blowing dust was seen over the Gulf of America. BLOWING DUST: Northern Mexico/Southwestern CONUS… A couple areas of blowing dust were observed across southeastern Arizona, northeastern Sonora, northern Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, and far western Texas. The dust was mainly light and moving east-northeastward. Hosley 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