DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z February 8, 2024
SMOKE: Southeastern CONUS... Widespread seasonal burning across the southeastern U.S produce numerous light density smoke plumes seen in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama, and parts of Virginia. The plumes in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida were seen moving westward while the smoke in the Carolinas and parts of Virginia were moving more in a southward direction. There is likely smoke in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi Tennessee and Texas due to the fire activity being detected but incoming cloud cover prevented further analysis in these regions. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Central America/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean... Areas of light aerosol from a composite of smoke from agricultural burning and industrial sources was observed blanketing an area over the Pacific coast from southern Mexico to Guatemala and El Salvador as well over parts of eastern Mexico and western Gulf of Mexico coast along the coast. In addition, there were smoke observed from the oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche contributing to overall patch of smoke over the eastern Mexico and Gulf of Mexico. Nguyen 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