DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0043Z March 5, 2023
SMOKE/AEROSOL: Southeastern United States, Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast United States Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Islands, Western Caribbean Sea, Southern and Eastern Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America… The enormous area of smoke from seasonal fire activity occurring in Mexico, Central America, Cuba and the southeastern United States along with aerosols from industrial activity mainly in Mexico, Central America and Cuba, with probable contributions from recent heavy blowing dust continued to be visible throughout the day generally impacting the same regions affected in recent days. The smoke and aerosol mix covered a portion of the south central and southeastern United States. The mix also was present over the Atlantic well off the southeastern United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the western Caribbean Sea islands, western Caribbean Sea, southern and eastern Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean well south of the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. Areas of moderately dense smoke can be seen along the eastern coastline of Mexico stretching north and then east across the Gulf of Mexico, parts of southern Texas, Southeastern U.S., Hispaniola, Jamaica and most of Cuba. 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