DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z December 25, 2023
SMOKE: South Texas/Tamaulipas/Nuevo Leon… Isolated smoke production from agricultural burns was seen moving off toward the south-southwest. Southern Mexico into the Yucatan and Central America… isolated to scattered light smoke production was observed from Oaxaca and Veracruz eastward into Belize and Guatemala. Smoke was moving northwestward across the Yucatan, westward across Belize and far southern Chiapas, and northward closer to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Southern Cuba… A couple fires were observed producing light smoke that was seen moving westward over the Gulf of Guacanayabo and central Granma state. Elsewhere… A storm system over the central CONUS is producing cloud cover that extends from Hudson Bay south-southwestward into the Central Plains and then southeastward across the Lower Mississippi Valley and Dixie Land and across the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and then over Florida. This is obscuring any smoke production from agricultural burning across the favored areas of the southeastern CONUS and Florida. Another storm system is approaching Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, with clouds obscuring the Sacramento Valley, another area favored for light smoke production from agricultural burning activity. UNKNOWN AEROSOL: Los Angeles and the eastern Channel Islands… Aerosol of likely industrial origin was observed extending from Los Angeles southwest out over the coast making its way over the eastern Channel Islands. The thickest aerosol is moving offshore from the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the southwesternmost part of Los Angeles. Hosley 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