DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2350Z May 2nd, 2025
SMOKE: Northwestern United States... As the evening progressed, suspected wildfires in the Washington and Oregon area intensified. They were observed producing light to medium density smoke, which continued to drift east into Idaho and Montana. Mexico/Sonora/Chihuahua... A pair of suspected wildfires occurring near the border between the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua have produced emissions of Light to Medium smoke plumes that drift eastwards towards the Texan western border. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central and Southern Mexico/Gulf of America/Southern Texas/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean... An area of light density smoke/aerosol attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources throughout Central and Southern Mexico was observed today over the coastline of Southern Mexico. The combination continued to extend west into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southwestern Mexico and Central America. The combination of smoke and aerosols progressed northward along the eastern coastline of Mexico into southern Texas and east into 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