DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0018Z February 28, 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. Areas of moderately dense smoke can be seen off the southern Mexico coast, and along the eastern coastline of Mexico, and parts of Texas, Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, Hispaniola and most of Cuba. Dust: Mississippi Valley, Kentucky... Light dust from yesterdays bouts of heavy blowing dust could be seen moving east across the Mississippi Valley this evening. The dust also entered and covered most of Kentucky with moderate density dust before running into cloud cover. Eglin 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