Thursday, March 30, 2023

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z March 30, 2023

SMOKE:
Central and eastern CONUS…
widespread agricultural burning from yesterday’s activity produce a
large area of remnant thin density smoke, which extended from eastern
Nebraska and Kansas, through the Ohio Valley region, and eastern U.S,
where the smoke reached northern regions of Alabama and Georgia while
extending east through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Atlantic Ocean off
out North Carolina and Virginia. Several individual smoke plumes were seen
outside the large area, most noticeably Florida and southern Georgia. This
large area of remnant smoke is likely more expansive in the Central U.S
region but heavy cloud cover extending from Mexico to Nebraska prevented
further observations in this morning’s analysis. In addition, a patch of
remnant moderate density smoke was seen over in South Carolina and parts
of Georgia, like produced from activity in both Central and Eastern CONUS.


SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Florida/Atlantic Ocean off the Florida Coast/Gulf of Mexico/Southern
and Eastern Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and
Central America/Caribbean Sea/Hispaniola/Jamaica/Cuba...
Similar to yesterday’s analysis, a mixture of thin density smoke from
seasonal fire activity across the Yucatan, the southern half of Mexico,
Central America, Cuba, and Hispaniola in addition to aerosols from
industrial activity both originating from portions of Mexico and Central
America and gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche was seen today over most
of Mexico, Central America, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Florida, and
the Atlantic Ocean off the eastern coast of the U.S. In addition,the
smoke/aerosol mix present in the Gulf of Mexico is combination from
both the seasonal fire activity in Mexico and Central America mixed
with activity from Cuba and Hispaniola. A moderate patch of smoke was
present over southern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean off the southwest
coast of Mexico. This smoke/aerosol mix may mingled with smoke from
agricultural burning in the U.S but cloud cover over most of Mexico and
the U.S preclude further analysis.

Nguyen


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.