Tuesday, October 31, 2023

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 1, 2023

SMOKE:
California/Baja/Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja and Southern
California…
Areas of generally thin density smoke were visible this morning near and
extending to the west and southwest from several wildfires located mainly
between Los Angeles and San Diego and over northwestern Baja. The smoke
extended well off the coast of southern California and Baja over the
Pacific Ocean. In addition several wildfires located northern-central
California were seen producing small light density smoke plumes that
formed a small size bale area of smoke expanding in all directions.

Arizona…
Several large wildfires in central Arizona were seen producing large
light moderate density smoke plumes moving westward across the state.

Northwest U.S/Western Canada...
Despite numerous wildfires throughout the northwestern U.S and Canada,
cloud cover over the regions made it difficult to distinguish the small
light density smoke plumes and smoke overall.

AEROSOL/BLOWING DUST:
Southern and Southeastern Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of the Southern
Coast of Mexico…
Patches of aerosol of generally thin density were seen along and
off portions of southern and southeastern Mexico and over the Pacific
Ocean. This aerosol was believed to be primarily composed of pollutants
from industrial sources in Mexico. Some blowing dust is likely also
present over the Gulf of Tehuantepec which originated from stronger
northerly winds blowing across source regions just inland to the north
of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.