DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 16, 2023
SMOKE/AEROSOL: Northern and Western Gulf Coast States of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Southern and Eastern Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and west of southwest Mexico and northwest Central America…. An area of smoke from seasonal fire activity occurring in portions of Mexico, Central America, Cuba and the Southeastern United States along with aerosols from industrial sources mainly in Cuba, Mexico, and Central America was seen this morning extending from coastal sections of the north central and western Gulf Coast States of the United States extending southwest through the central and western Gulf of Mexico, eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean south and west of northwestern Central America and southwestern Mexico. Hanna 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