DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z March 26th, 2025
SMOKE: Central and Southeastern United States... Large areas of light-density smoke, attributed to seasonal fire activity concentrated in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, were observed this morning extending southeast towards the Atlantic coast. Southern Florida... Several prescribed agricultural burns just south of Lake Okeechobee were observed this morning emitting light density smoke plumes that were seen blowing south across the state. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of America/Central America ... A large area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke attributed to scattered agricultural burning, volcanic emissions and industrial sources throughout central-southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America was observed this morning extending west into the Pacific Ocean from Mexico’s Southern Pacific coast near northern Central America and east into the Gulf of America. 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