DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0019Z January 31, 2023
SMOKE: 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: Southeastern Texas/Florida/Gulf of Mexico/Eastern and Southern Mexico/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 Central America and scattered fire activity in those regions, remained visible this afternoon 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 much of the Gulf of Mexico and extends east into southern and central Florida. 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