DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z October 25, 2023
SMOKE: Mid-Atlantic… An area of light-density remnant smoke was observed along the Mid-Atlantic off the coast of the northeastern U.S and southeastern Canada. This smoke is presumably the result of previous days’ agricultural burning across the southeastern U.S. and Mississippi Valley. Southeastern United States… A number of fires, primarily associated with agricultural burning, were observed to be producing a large area of light density smoke that extended over western half of the southeastern U.S. Light density smoke plumes were scattered across much of the southeastern U.S. from Louisiana to Georgia. A wetlands fire near New Orleans was also producing a large plume of generally light to moderate smoke moving northwestward across the state. Mexico… An area of light-density remnant smoke, possibly mixed with aerosols, was observed along much of the Gulf coast of Mexico and mixing in with smoke from the agricultural burning in the southeastern U.S. California… A large area of thin density smoke was observed off of much of western California and extending into the Pacific Ocean. Across the state, wildfires were seen producing light density smoke plumes moving in different directions. 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