DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z October 28, 2023
SMOKE: Southeastern U.S…. A number of fires, mostly presumed to be agricultural burning, were observed scattered throughout the southeastern U.S., particularly Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. All of the observed smoke plumes associated with these fires consisted primarily of light-density smoke. Arizona… Fires in eastern and north-central Arizona were observed throughout the day producing plumes of smoke up up to moderate density. These plumes were moving northeast from their parent fires. California/Oregon/Washington/British Columbia… Fires were observed throughout the region from central California to central British Columbia. Many of these fires included smoke plumes of mainly light density smoke, some of which extended over adjacent regions of the Pacific Ocean, particularly off of Oregon and Vancouver Island, BC. A fire in northern California was also observed producing moderate smoke. Western Mexico… An area of smoke and aerosols was observed along much of Mexico’s Pacific coastline and over adjacent areas of the Pacific Ocean. This morning... Eastern Great Lakes Region… A patch of leftover thin density smoke seen through breaks in the cloud cover was present stretching from southeastern Michigan and northern Ohio to the east and northeast over Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, western New York, and southern Quebec. This was likely remnant smoke from recent days of significant seasonal/agricultural fire activity in the Middle Mississippi Valley region. Northeastern Gulf of Mexico/Northern Florida… Some thin density remnant smoke from recent fire activity in Florida and the southeastern U.S. could be seen this morning over portions of northern Florida and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. MTC 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