DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0133Z October 30, 2023
SMOKE: Louisiana... Several embedded wildfires and seasonal burning could be seen producing light to moderate smoke that could be seen moving towards the north through cloud cover remaining mostly in the southern potion of the state. Arizona... A wildfire in eastern Arizona was releasing light to moderate smoke that was observed moving to the northeast into western New Mexico as evening approached. Dust: Southern California... Mostly moderate density blowing dust was observed off sandy soils across the Imperial Valley in Southern California, from areas northeastern of the Salton Sea to the Colorado river delta in Mexico This dust continued south over Baja California, Baja California Sur, over the Gulf of California and west over the coastal Pacific. 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