DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0152Z February 02, 2024
SMOKE: Southeastern United States... Moderate seasonal burning was detected throughout the southeastern United States. Cloud cover moved over the burning area that stretched from the Alabama up through North Carolina with only a few mostly light density smoke plumes noted generally moving east in direction as evening approached. Texas, Oklahoma... Scattered fires in eastern Texas and southern Oklahoma were producing numerous light density smoke plumes that generally moved north as evening approached. AEROSOL… Southwest Texas… Some sort of dust or aerosols were seen over the SW border of Texas this morning. Mexico/Central America/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean: An area of light to moderate density aerosol and smoke was seen over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America. The aerosols are most likely from urban emissions with scattered fires mixed in. 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