DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z February 12, 2023
SMOKE: Cuba, Southeastern Gulf of Mexico and Southern Florida… An area of thin density smoke from continuing widespread daily fire activity in Cuba was seen extending from central and western Cuba north through the Florida Keys and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and southern Florida. SMOKE/AEROSOL/DUST: Gulf of Mexico, Eastern and Southern Mexico, Northwestern Central America and the Pacific Ocean south of Southern Mexico and Northwestern Central America… The large area of primarily thin density smoke from seasonal fire activity mainly in Mexico and northern Central America mixed with aerosols from industrial sources also in Mexico and northern Central America was seen extending from the central Gulf of Mexico southwest through eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the the Pacific Ocean well south of Mexico and northwestern Central America. Hanna 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