DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z April 17th, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern United States... A large area of light density smoke was observed this evening blowing northward across the Southeastern United States from scattered smoke plumes. Smoke was observed drifting eastward into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of southern South Carolina and the coast of Georgia. Along the Florida panhandle, smoke was observed drifting westward into the Gulf of America. Cuba/Atlantic Ocean... A large area of light to moderate density smoke was observed across central Cuba from seasonal fire activity blowing in a southwest direction into the Atlantic Ocean. The Bahamas/Atlantic Ocean... Prominent areas of light to moderate smoke from wildfires were seen blowing southwest from the Abaco Islands and Andros Island into the Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Northern Coastal, Central, and Southern Mexico/Western Guatemala/Pacific Ocean... A large area of light density smoke and aerosols attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources throughout the northern coastal, central, and southern regions of Mexico was observed this evening. This combination of smoke and aerosols was seen drifting predominantly northeastward across the country. Smoke was also observed drifting from the southern coastal region of Mexico and western Guatemala into the Pacific Ocean. DUST: New Mexico/Mexico/Texas... A significant amount of blowing dust was observed this evening originating from dry lands in southern New Mexico and northern Mexico along the U.S.-Mexico border. This dust cloud was seen blowing northeast across New Mexico to the Texas panhandle. 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