DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 01700Z February 23, 2024
SMOKE: Great Lakes Region/Southeastern U.S/Gulf of Mexico… A small area of light density smoke was observed today across Great Lakes region, south of Lake Michigan extending into Illinois and Indiana. A large area of remnant smoke was seen this morning in the southeastern U.S, from east Texas moving west along the coasts of the Gulf States, and extending into the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Southern/Northern Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico ... Light density smoke from recent rounds of seasonal burning throughout southern Cuba was extending southwest into the Caribbean Sea. Additionally seasonal burning in northern Cuba was releasing light density smoke generally north in direction into the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico while encompassing the majority of Florida. AEROSOL/SMOKE… Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Central America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico… An area of light to moderate density aerosol and smoke was observed over the western portion of the Gulf of Mexico and eastern/southern coast of Mexico. An area of light-density aerosol was noted over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico. The aerosols are likely the product of urban and volcanic emissions along the southern Mexican coastline with some contribution from scattered fire activity seen across southwestern Mexico and northwestern Central America over the last few days. Willkens 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