Monday, January 30, 2023

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

 


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.