DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z May 16, 2025
SMOKE: Central and Southern United States... A large area of remnant smoke was seen moving from Mexico/the Gulf of America upward over Central CONUS and eventually making its way east across the SE states. Florida… Multiple fire clusters were seen throughout most of Florida. They were emitting mostly light to moderate smoke plumes that were moving east over the Atlantic Ocean. Arizona… There were two large fires, the Blind Fire located in Coconino National Forest near the Happy Jack Passage area and the second being the Greer Fire near Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Both fires were emitting light to heavy density smoke plumes that were moving towards the NE making its way over New Mexico. Canada… Wildfires clusters were seen in central Saskatchewan but due to heavy cloud coverage, smoke plumes were not visible in satellite imagery. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Texas/Gulf of America... An expansive area of light density smoke and aerosols - attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources throughout western, central, and southern Mexico - was observed today extending across western, southern, and eastern Mexico, the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s western and southern coastlines, the Yucatán Peninsula, Central America, southeastern Texas, and the Gulf of America. Rodriguez 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:http://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