DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350Z April 8th, 2025
SMOKE... Kansas/Oklahoma/Arkansas/Texas/Southeastern United States... As previously observed earlier in the day, a large mass of light to medium density smoke was observed emanating from eastern Kansas. Originating from suspected prescribed fires, wildfires, and industrial emissions, these plumes merged to form a large mass of smoke that drifted southward across Oklahoma, Arkansas, and eastern Texas. The smoke mass then merged with the band of smoke moving across the southeastern United States into the Gulf of America. Around 1940z, the wind changed directions and the smoke plumes began to shift towards the Northwest into Nebraska and southern South Dakota. Missouri/Iowa/Minnesota/Wisconsin... A series of individual plumes of light to medium density smoke was observed emanating from northern Missouri and Southern Iowa. Originating from suspected prescribed fires, wildfires, and industrial emissions, these plumes blew to the north and northwest, crossing over into Minnesota and Wisonsin. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Mexican Coastline/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America... A widespread area of light-density smoke, primarily from seasonal fires in central-southern Mexico, was observed today along the Mexican coastline. The smoke on the western coast of Mexico drifted southwest into the Pacific Ocean, while the band of smoke from the southeastern United States drifted across the eastern coast of Mexico and over the Gulf of America. Cardona 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