DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0234Z January 30, 2024
SMOKE: Southeastern United States... Moderate seasonal burning created light density smoke plumes to include some moderate smoke mostly near the sources throughout the southeastern United States. The plumes of smoke are stretching from the Florida panhandle up through North Carolina. Most of the smoke plumes were generally moving to the southeast off the coast and over the Atlantic Ocean. Smoke plumes in the Florida panhandle were generally moving south stretching over the northern Gulf of Mexico. AEROSOL... Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico... An area of light to moderate 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 emissions along the southern Mexican coastline with some contribution from scattered fire activity seen across southwestern Mexico and northwestern Central America. 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