DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0021Z January 5, 2024
SMOKE: Southeastern United States... Seasonal burning created numerous scattered light density smoke plumes throughout the southeastern U.S., stretching from eastern Texas to North Carolina. Many of these smoke plumes were combining to create larger areas of light smoke. AEROSOL/SMOKE… Mexico/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean south of southern coast of Mexico and Central America… An area of mainly thin density aerosol was noted over northwestern Central America, a portion of the Pacific Ocean south of Mexico, and far southeastern Mexico, specifically over the Yucatan Peninsula and Bay of Campeche. Light fire activity has been detected in Mexico and northwest Central America so this aerosol was believed to be primarily composed of pollutants from industrial activities in the region. 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