Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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

 


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.