Sunday, March 3, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0040Z March 4, 2024

SMOKE:
Central United States...
Multiple fires were seen burning across the Central US this afternoon
with approximately a dozen individual smoke plumes being visible over
eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Arkansas and southern Missouri. The smoke
was dispersing predominantly towards the north.



AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Western Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Campeche/Central-Southern Mexico/Pacific
Ocean south of Mexico…
A large area of light density aerosol from a composite of smoke due
to agricultural burning and industrial sources was noted over the
western Gulf of Mexico extending south to the Bay of Campeche, the
central-southern Mexico and areas of the Pacific Ocean off the coasts
of southern Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.


Blowing Dust:
New Mexico...
Areas of light density blowing dust were observed dispersing northeast
from around dry lake beds in central (Torrance County) and southern
(Dona Ana and Otero Counties) New Mexico.

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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.