DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1515Z April 6th, 2025
SMOKE: No areas of significant smoke were observed in the satellite imagery this morning due to limited fire activity and widespread cloud cover across the HMS geographic domain. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Caribbean Sea/The Yucatan Peninsula/Bay of Campeche/Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean... An area of predominantly light to moderate density smoke and aerosols attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions and industrial sources throughout Central and Southern Mexico was observed this morning stretching northwest over the southern Caribbean Sea, The Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche before continuing west through central and southern Mexico. The combination of smoke and aerosols was also observed blanketing the majority of The Gulf of America and areas along the southwestern coast of Mexico and northern Central America before extending west into the Pacific Ocean. Willkens 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