DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0041Z January 29, 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. was creating a large area of light density smoke with pockets of moderate density smoke. It covered northern Florida extending off the coastal Atlantic while stretching northeastward into southern South Carolina and extending across the southern portion of the Gulf states into Louisiana extending into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Some of the thicker smoke plumes were seen over much of northern Florida and and southern Alabama moving west and northwest as evening approached. Pacific Northwest... A number of wildfires and seasonal/prescribed type fire activity was observed throughout British Columbia and Alberta. A light to moderate density smoke plume was observed in Alberta moving generally southeast but snow in the background camouflaged other smoke in this area. Cuba/Jamaica/Caribbean Sea... Light to moderate density smoke from recent rounds of seasonal burning throughout Cuba and Jamaica was extending southwest into the surrounding Caribbean. In northern Cuba the smoke is moving north into the Caribbean Sea. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Texas/Western Gulf of Mexico/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern Mexico and Northwest Central America… A huge area of primarily thin density aerosol, composed in part by industrial activities in Mexico and seasonal fire activity also in Mexico, was visible today covering parts of eastern and southern Mexico, some of northwestern Central America, and extending south of those areas well out over the Pacific. The thin density smoke/aerosol mixture also stretched to the north over the western Gulf of Mexico and southern Texas. 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