DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z March 13, 2025

SMOKE:
Midwest and Southeastern United States/Atlantic Seaboard/Southern
Florida...
An area of light to moderate density smoke attributed to previous and
current day fire activity was seen stretching east across the Midwestern
and Southeastern regions of the United States towards the Atlantic
Seaboard and into the northwestern Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of the
Carolinas and as far north as Connecticut. The heaviest density smoke was
observed over Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia before being
concealed by cloud cover as the morning progressed. Several prescribed
agricultural burns south of Lake Okeechobee were also observed this
morning emitting light to moderate density plumes that were seen blowing
northeast across the state towards the Atlantic Ocean.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America/Yucatan
Peninsula/Bay of Campeche...
An area of predominantly light density smoke and aerosols, attributed to
scattered agricultural burning, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources
throughout Central and Southern Mexico was observed this morning along
the southwestern coast of Mexico near northern Central America. It was
then seen extending west into the Pacific Ocean and east into the southern
Gulf of America near the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche where
additional gas flaring emissions could be seen originating from oil rigs.

Willkens

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