DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z February 25, 2023
SMOKE/AEROSOL: Atlantic Ocean/Mid-Atlantic/Southeast/Mississippi Valley/Mexico/Central America (off Pacific Coast)/Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean: A large area of light to moderate density smoke from seasonal fire activity was seen across Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Central America and the Southeastern United States and Mexico extending from well offshore the Atlantic East Coast extending south and west through the Southeastern United States and most of the Gulf of Mexico, western Caribbean Sea and into eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and offshore into the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwest Central America. Pockets of more dense smoke was seen over parts of Cuba and Hispaniola. The area of smoke over the western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, northwest Central America and the eastern Pacific Ocean was likely mixed with aerosol from industrial activity over Mexico and Central America. JK 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