DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0135Z January 27, 2024
SMOKE: Southern Cuba/Caribbean Sea... Light to moderate density smoke from recent rounds of seasonal burning throughout southern Cuba was extending southwest into the Caribbean Sea. No other areas of significant smoke were observed throughout the day. Widespread cloud cover was present across much of the region. AEROSOL/SMOKE… Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico… Moderate density smoke was observed emanating from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this morning. An area of mostly moderate density aerosol was noted over the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and eastern/southern Mexico. An area of light-density aerosol was noted over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America. The aerosols are likely the product of urban and volcanic emissions along the southern Mexican coastline with some contribution from scattered fire activity seen across southwestern Mexico and northwestern Central America over the last few days. 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