DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z April 1, 2025
SMOKE: No areas of significant smoke were observed in the satellite imagery this evening due to widespread cloud cover across the HMS geographic domain. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America/Bay of Campeche/Gulf Coast... 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 where it was then seen extending further west over the Pacific Ocean near northern Central America. The combination of smoke and aerosols was also observed extending east into the Gulf of America near the Bay of Campeche and then north along Mexico’s eastern coast before extending along the Gulf Coast to western Florida. Cloud cover obscured any detection of smoke over the Gulf States. BLOWING DUST: Northern Mexico/Southern New Mexico/Western Texas... An area of moderate to thick blowing dust was observed originating from northern Mexico and southern New Mexico. The dust was seen moving in a northeastern direction over western Texas. 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