DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0046Z February 6, 2024

SMOKE:
Texas/Louisiana/Gulf of Mexico...
Several large fires in southern Texas and Louisiana were observed
producing light to moderate smoke plumes that were generally moving
south over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico as evening approached.

SMOKE/AEROSOL…
Mexico/Central America/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean:
An area of light to moderate aerosol from a composite of smoke from
agricultural burning, volcanic ash, gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche
and aerosol from industrial sources was observed blanketing an area
from south Texas through western Gulf of Mexico, into parts of eastern
and southern Mexico, over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern
Mexico and northwestern Central America.

Central America, Western Caribbean Sea and the Western Caribbean Islands:
An area of aerosol that is likely a combination of smoke from agricultural
burning, volcanic ash, gas flaring and aerosol from industrial sources was
observed over portions of Central America extending northeast through the
western Caribbean Sea and into portions of the western Caribbean Islands.

AEROSOL/DUST….
Gulf of Mexico….
An area of aerosol was seen over the central Gulf of Mexico earlier today
and it is believed that at least a portion of this is from blowing dust
from yesterday over the South Central United States.

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

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.