DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1745Z February 27, 2023
SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southern and Southeastern U.S., Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean off the Southeastern U.S. Coast, Central and Southern Mexico, North/Central Central America, Central and Western Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Pacific of the coast of Southern Mexico/Central America: Large area of mostly thin density smoke/aerosol was seen over much of the same area recently impacted over the past few days. The northern edge of the smoke/aerosol mix extended from southern/eastern Texas eastward across the U.S. Gulf Coast region and extended well offshore of the southeastern U.S. over the Atlantic. In addition, the smoke/aerosol mix also covered the Gulf of Mexico, eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America, the Pacific from southern Mexico coast and northwestern Central America, the central and western part of the Caribbean Sea, most of Cuba, and Hispaniola. A small slither of smoke can be seen across northeast Texas, southeast Arkansas, northwest Mississippi and western Tennessee fro season fires. Area of moderately dense smoke can be seen off the southern Mexico coast, and along the eastern coastline of Mexico, Texas and Louisiana and east into the western Gulf of Mexico. Another moderate density area of smoke can be seen stretching southwest from eastern Cuba where a large fire has been burning for days. Off the coast of New Jersey/Long Island: An area of thin density smoke can be stretching just off of New Jersey/New York coast eastward into the Atlantic. Smoke is from season burning in southern New Jersey. JK 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