DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 24, 2023
SMOKE: Southwestern U.S/Central United States/Mid-West…. An area of mostly light density smoke, from fire activity over the Southwestern United States as well as contribution from seasonal burning in the Mississippi Valley was seen extending from portions of Arizona from the large wildfires, through most of the central U.S, the Mid-west states, and portions of the upper Mississippi valley, Over in the Mississippi valley region as well as southeastern U.S, numerous smoke plumes that may be visible were cover by heavy cloud cover. The large area of light density smoke may extend further south into the Mississippi valley but cloud cover precluded further analysis. Gulf Coast of Mexico and southern Texas…. An area of light density smoke, from fire activity over Mexico, was seen extending along the east coast of Mexico into southern Texas. Nguyen 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