DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z November 4, 2023
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern U.S/Mid-Atlantic Region… Numerous fires from seasonal burning along with a few wildfires were seen across the southeastern U.S, producing varying density smoke plumes. Many leftover patches of thin density smoke were noted across some of the south central and southeastern U.S. as well as the Mid-Atlantic region. A few thicker smoke plumes associated with wildfires burning in the forested areas primarily in the central and southern Appalachians were seen as well. Great Lakes Region… A swath of remnant thin density smoke likely from seasonal fire activity over the central U.S. was seen this morning stretching from Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin to the east and northeast across some of lower Michigan to the southeastern part of Ontario. Southwestern U.S./Pacific Ocean off the Baja Coast… Fires in central and east central Arizona as well as northwestern Baja were responsible for a large area of mainly thin density smoke which covered portions of Arizona and northwestern Baja with some of the smoke also extending to the west and off the coast of Baja over the Pacific Ocean. AEROSOL/BLOWING DUST: Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico... Areas of aerosol were seen along and off portions of the west Mexico coastline and over the Pacific Ocean. This aerosol was believed to be primarily composed of pollutants from industrial sources in Mexico. JS 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