DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0040Z May 2st, 2025
SMOKE: Southern United States/Atlantic Ocean... A large area of light density smoke produced from the seasonal fire activity in the central and southern United States was observed extending from Southern Plains Oklahoma, through the Tennessee Valley and southeastern United States with the exception of eastern Florida, and into the Atlantic Ocean off the Mid-Atlantic states and coast of southern New England region. The smoke also extended south into the Gulf of America, where it mingled with the smoke/aerosol combination produced from Mexico. The smoke may have extended further north in the United States but heavy cloud cover prevented further analysis. Western United States... Wildfires scattered across northern California and the northwestern states were observed producing light density smoke plumes. The plumes in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were observed moving northward while the smoke in Montana were seen moving south. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Gulf of America/Southern Texas/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean... An area of light density smoke/aerosol attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity and industrial emissions throughout Central and Southern Mexico was observed today over the coastline of Southern Mexico. The combination continued to extend west into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southwestern Mexico and Central America. Moderate dense smoke/aerosol was observed along the east coastline of Mexico and extended into the Bay of Campeche. The combination of smoke and aerosols progressed northward along the eastern coastline of Mexico into southern Texas and east into the Gulf of America. Nguyen 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