Thursday, February 29, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0001Z March 1, 2024

SMOKE:
Central U.S.…
An area of thin density smoke attributed to The Smokehouse Creek Fire
that began on February 26 in the northeastern Texas panhandle and western
Oklahoma was observed this today over Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. This thin density smoke continued its
movement northeast toward Michigan and the Great Lakes region. Cloud
cover over the northeastern part of Texas and western Oklahoma obscured
the view of any additional smoke that may have been seen due to the
wildfires and brush fires in the area.

AEROSOL/SMOKE…
Gulf of Mexico/Southern Bay of Campeche/Southern/Eastern Mexico/Pacific
Ocean south of Mexico…
An area of light to moderate density aerosol from a composite of smoke
due to agricultural burning and industrial sources was noted over a
large portion of the Gulf of Mexico, most of the Bay of Campeche, the
southern coasts of Mexico, northwest central America and the Pacific
Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico.
An area of thin density smoke was also noted emanating from a number of
oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche blowing towards the northwest into the
Gulf of Mexico throughout the day.

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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.