DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z November 4, 2022
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS… A few fires across the southeastern CONUS were observed producing light smoke this morning. Smoke was moving clockwise around high pressure centered over the southern Appalachians. South Florida… Agricultural burning south of Lake Okeechobee was producing a couple small, light puffs of smoke that ware moving west-southwest, with one or two reaching the Gulf Coast. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean, Western Gulf of Mexico... A large area of unknown aerosol probably combining with smoke from localized fires in southern Mexico was seen in the western Gulf of Mexico and extending to the southwest over the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean off the southwest coast of Mexico. Another area of aerosol/smoke mixture was present across south Texas, far northeastern Mexico, and northwestern Gulf of Mexico. DUST: Eastern Atlantic… Saharan Dust was observed extending west-southwestward from the Moroccan Coast across the Canary Islands. The dust then turns north-northwestward towards the Azores. Then, before reaching the Azores, the dust turns south-southwestward, reaching the tropical Atlantic. From there, the dust turns westward toward the eastern Caribbean. Hosley 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