DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z March 15, 2023
SMOKE/AEROSOL…. Florida, Atlantic Ocean well off the Florida Coast, Southern Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Islands, Western Caribbean Sea, Southern Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Southwestern Mexico and Northwestern Central America…. A large area of a mostly light density mixture of smoke, from fire activity over the Southeastern United States, western Caribbean Islands and Mexico, and aerosols, from industrial activity over Mexico and Central America, was seen extending from the Atlantic Ocean well east of Florida through Florida, the southern Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Islands, western Caribbean Sea, southern Mexico, northwestern Central America to Pacific Ocean well south and west of southwestern Mexico and northwestern Central America. Within this area, an area of moderate density smoke was seen over the southwest Gulf of Mexico and coastal sections of southeastern Mexico. Hanna 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