DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z November 14, 2023
SMOKE: Mid-Atlantic Region/Northeastern U.S./Atlantic Ocean off the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S… A leftover patch of possible thin density smoke, attributed to recent rounds of daily seasonal fire activity in the central and eastern U.S. along with some contribution from wildfires burning in and near the central Appalachian region, was visible this morning over the eastern part of the Mid-Atlantic region and the far southeastern portion of the northeastern U.S. and extending offshore from those areas over the nearby far western Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL: Mexico/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico… Areas of thin to perhaps moderate density aerosol were seen this morning across some of southern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean south of the southern coast of Mexico. Since only widely scattered fire activity was analyzed over Mexico in satellite imagery in the vicinity of this aerosol, it is believed that the vast majority of it is from industrial activities in Mexico. JS 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