DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1510Z March 22, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS... Widespread agricultural burning from east Texas and eastern Oklahoma to the Carolinas and Florida was observed producing numerous light density smoke plumes. Smoke was generally moving east towards the Atlantic Ocean. Chihuahua... Across the Mexican State of Chihuahua, multiple fires were observed producing light to moderate density smoke plumes that was observed moving east to east-northeastward. Cuba... Thin smoke from agricultural and prescribed burning across Cuba was observed mainly moving south-southwestward then west-southwestward towards the Caribbean. AEROSOL/SMOKE/DUST: Central and Southern Mexico/Western and Southern Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean... An area of mainly light density smoke, aerosol, and blowing dust was seen moving northeastern across Central Mexico into the Gulf of America. In addition, smoke was also observed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southwest Mexico. Cloud cover obscured further smoke analysis over central Mexico and 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. 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