Friday, March 1, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1725Z March 1, 2024

SMOKE:
Central United States…
An area of thin density remnant smoke attributed to The Smokehouse Creek
Fire that began on February 26 in the northeastern Texas panhandle and
western Oklahoma was observed this morning over Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
and Minnesota. Additional areas of this thin density smoke were observed
moving east toward Michigan and the Great Lakes region, extending from
Ohio to Connecticut. 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.

Florida/Cuba…
Light density smoke from recent rounds of seasonal burning throughout
southern Florida was seen this morning moving east across the state
extending out into the Atlantic Ocean. Seasonal burning in southern Cuba
has also produced light density smoke that was seen extending southwest
into the Caribbean Sea.

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 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 morning.

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

 


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.