DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0128Z May 11, 2025
SMOKE: Canada/Midwest U.S./Great Lakes Region... Wildfires in northeastern British Columbia, central Saskatchewan, and central Manitoba continued to disperse light to locally moderate-to-heavy density smoke, which is drifting east and southeast across central and eastern Canada, the northern U.S. Midwest, and the Great Lakes region. Wyoming... Wildfires in Whiskey Mountain area of northwestern Wyoming were observed producing light to locally moderate density smoke moving to the east. AEROSOL/SMOKE: South and Central Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America... An expansive area of light density smoke and aerosols, attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions, and industrial sources throughout central and southern Mexico, was observed today extending across southern and eastern Mexico, the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s southern coastline, the Yucatan peninsula, Central America, and the Gulf of America. YL 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