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