DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z February 14, 2024
SMOKE: West Virginia west to Missouri…. An area of very light density smoke was seen from West Virginia extending west through the Midwestern United States into eastern Missouri. The source of this very light area of smoke was seasonal fire activity over the Central United States. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Western Caribbean Islands, Western Caribbean Sea, Southern Gulf of Mexico, Northwest Central America, Southern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean South of Southwest Mexico... A combination of light smoke and aerosol was seen extending from southeast of Florida west through portions of the western Caribbean Islands, the far southern Gulf of Mexico, the western Caribbean Sea, southern Mexico, northwest Central America and into the eastern Pacific Ocean, south of northwest Central America and southwest Mexico. The source of the smoke/aerosol is due to seasonal fires over Mexico and Central America, gas flaring over the Gulf of Mexico and urban pollution from Mexico and Central America. Hanna 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