DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 24, 2024
SMOKE: Cuba… A small but dense area of fire activity in southern Cuba was seen producing light smoke. The smoke was observed moving west to not far off the coast. Elsewhere… A smoke plume was possibly observed moving west-northwestward from scattered fire activity in southern Florida with cloud cover adding uncertainty into the observation. Otherwise, widespread cloud cover was observed over much of the CONUS and Canada east of the Rockies which prevents the analysis of smoke across those areas. AEROSOL/SMOKE… Mexico/Bay of Campeche… Light smoke and aerosol emissions were seen emanating from two areas: gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche and emissions from a large refinery east of Salina Cruz on the coast of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The emissions from the Bay of Campeche were seen moving northwestward while emissions from the refinery were seen moving southwestward. 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