DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0036Z February 9, 2024
SMOKE: Southeast US/Gulf of Mexico… Wide-scale agricultural burning was detected over the southeastern United States from southern Mississippi up to Virginia. Due to heavy cloud cover in the region only one mostly moderate density smoke plume was detected through the clouds in west-central Florida with the smoke moving to the northwest just reaching the Gulf of Mexico. South-central Cuba/Caribbean Sea… A light to moderate density smoke plume and a light density smoke plume from a wildfire and seasonal burning on the south-central coast of Cuba were extending southwest over the Caribbean Sea. AEROSOL/SMOKE… Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico… An area of light to moderate density aerosol from a composite of smoke due to agricultural burning and industrial sources was noted over the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and eastern/southern Mexico. An area of light-density aerosol from a composite of smoke from agricultural burning and industrial sources was noted over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America. Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico Plumes of light to moderate smoke were moving in a northwesterly direction from oil platforms in the Bay of Campeche into the western Gulf of Mexico throughout the day. 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