DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 4, 2023
SMOKE: Southwestern Louisiana… A large agricultural fire was observed in southwestern Louisiana producing light to moderate smoke progressing to the southwest into offshore Gulf of Mexico. South Florida… Seasonal agricultural burning was noted across southern Florida this morning. Smoke from this activity was seen among scattered to broken cumulus moving off to the east or east-northeast. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Florida/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific South of the Southern Coast of Mexico and Northwestern Central America… An expansive area of smoke/aerosol mix was noted from across the Tropical Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean off the Carolina Coast. The smoke/aerosol is likely the result of an increase in the seasonal agricultural burning across Mexico with contributions from pollution sources throughout urban portions of Mexico and gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche. The aerosol layer was observed moving westward across the tropical Pacific, while aerosol is being shunted southeastward and drawn east-northeastward by a cold front crossing the Gulf of Mexico. 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 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