DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z January 8, 2024
SMOKE: Cuba… A couple areas of clustered fire activity in central and southern Cuba was seen producing a few areas of light smoke. The smoke was mainly moving off toward the west or west-southwest. There were also a couple individual smoke-producing fires in northern Cuba that were moving off toward the east-southeast. BLOWING DUST: Southwestern CONUS/Far Northwestern Mexico… Scattered areas of blowing dust were observed being lofted from southwestern portions of the Mojave Desert and northwestern portions of the Sonoran Desert in southern California and just across the border into Nevada and being transported southeastward across southern California, southwestern Arizona, far northern Baja California, and far northwestern Sonora. Northern Chihuahua/southern New Mexico/West Texas… Widespread blowing dust originating mainly in the deserts of northern Chihuahua was observed being lofted this afternoon and being transported east-northeastward into southern and central New Mexico and the West Texas Panhandle, with perhaps the leading edge reaching the westernmost portions of the North Texas Panhandle. Hosley 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