DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2310Z April 28th, 2025
SMOKE: Mississippi Gulf Coast/Mississippi Valley Region/Lake Michigan/Western Michigan/Northern Indiana... A large area of remnant to light density smoke from seasonal fire activity was observed traveling northward from the Mississippi Gulf Coast through the Mississippi Valley region to Lake Michigan. From there, the smoke was observed traveling eastward across western Michigan and northern Indiana. Florida/Gulf of America... Several prescribed agricultural burns just south of Lake Okeechobee were observed this evening emitting light plumes that were blowing westward into the Gulf of America. Cuba and the Bahamas... Light density smoke originating from seasonal fire activity across Cuba was observed this evening drifting southwestward into the Caribbean Sea. Two large smoke plumes from suspected bush fires were also observed originating from Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Yucatan Peninsula/Gulf of America/Southern Texas... An area of light smoke and aerosols, attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources throughout Central and Southern Mexico was observed today over Mexico and extending south into the Pacific Ocean off of Mexico’s southern coastline. The combination of smoke and aerosols was seen drifting north from the Yucatan Peninsula across the Gulf of America to southern 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