Friday, January 27, 2023

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0146Z January 28, 2023

SMOKE:
Southeastern United States/Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast Coast/Gulf
of Mexico...
A large amount of light to moderate density smoke plumbs attributed
primarily to widespread seasonal burning in the southeastern U.S. creating
a large area of light density smoke with pockets of moderate density
smoke. It covered most of Florida extending off the coastal Atlantic
while stretching northeastward into southern Georgia South Carolina
and extending across the southern portion of the Gulf states extending
into the northern and western Gulf of Mexico. Some of the thicker smoke
plumes were seen over much of northern Florida moving south as evening
approached.

Cuba/Caribbean Sea...
Light to moderate density smoke from recent rounds of seasonal burning
throughout Cuba and extending southwest into the surrounding Caribbean.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean off the coast
of Southern Mexico and Northwest Central America…
A area of primarily thin to moderate density aerosol, composed in part
by industrial activities in Mexico and seasonal fire activity also in
Mexico, was visible today covering parts of southern Mexico, some of
northwestern Central America, and extending south of those areas well
out over the 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

 


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.