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. WS 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