DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z February 27, 2024
SMOKE: Northern Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes Region/Mid-Atlantic/Northeast/Southern Canada/Atlantic Ocean… An area of thin density smoke attributed to heavy seasonal fire activity from western/central Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri,and possibly states east of this region continued and seen in northern Illinois, southwest Wisconsin, Michigan, southern Quebec and Ontario, east into Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, southern Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and south into Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and into the Atlantic Ocean. Smoke would most likely be seen in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and farther south, but cloud cover has obscured the view. Florida… Numerous fires burning across Florida with a heavy concentration around Lake Okeechobee can be seen producing mostly light emissions and mostly moving toward the NNW-N. Texas Panhandle... Wildfires and brush fires in the northern Texas Panhandle are emitting light to possible moderately dense smoke moving east northeast into northwest Oklahoma. Cloud cover has obscured some of the smoke. AEROSOL/SMOKE… Southern/Eastern Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Central America/Pacific Ocean… Light to some pockets of moderate density aerosol from a combination of smoke due to agricultural burning, volcanic ash and industrial sources was noted over the Bay of Campeche, southern/eastern Mexico, the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico and northwestern Central America this morning and early afternoon. Pockets of higher density smoke can be seen off the coast of Guatemala and southwest Mexico coast from burning. JK 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