DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z April 20th, 2025
SMOKE: US Mid-west... An area of light-density smoke was observed dispersing northeastward from Western Nebraska to Central Kansas, the Central-Eastern Dakotas and Northwestern Minnesota. Great Lakes/Ohio Valley/Northeastern US/Northwestern Atlantic... Light smoke from previous days fires in the Central and Mid-western US could be seen stretching from Southern Lake Michigan, passing over the Ohio Valley, reaching the Northeastern, and extending for several hundred miles over the Northwestern Atlantic. Cuba... Widespread fire activity could be seen across the Island of Cuba this morning, with a few individual plumes consisting of light-density smoke dispersing towards the east. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Southern Texas/Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean... An area of light density smoke and aerosols, attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources throughout Central and Southern Mexico remain visible over the Western Gulf of America, Central Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s southern coastline. DUST Central Texas/Northern Mexico Yesterday’s blowing dust event which originated over southeastern New Mexico and Northern Mexico continues to spread southeastward this morning across Central Texas and over much of the state of Coahuila and southeastern Chihuahua in Northern Mexico. WS 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