Saturday, February 24, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0350Z February 25, 2024


SMOKE:
Southern Plains to Southeast...
An area of thin density remnant smoke and new smoke from Saturday's
agricultural burns was detected across parts of the Southern Plains,
the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Southeast.  A few moderate
density plumes were found within this thin density smoke area.


AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Central America/Pacific...
An area of light density aerosol from a composite of smoke due to
agricultural burning, volcanic ash, and industrial sources was
detected over the southern Bay of Campeche, southern/eastern Mexico,
the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico, and northwestern
Central America.


DUST:
Atlantic...
A considerable amount of Saharan dust was observed over the central
tropical Atlantic.  The edge of dust plume was approaching the
Lesser Antilles.

Konon


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.