DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0029Z March 6, 2024
Arizona... Three fires in northwestern and eastern Arizona were releasing light density smoke that was observed moving generally northeast while in eastern Arizona the smoke spread northeast into New Mexico. Honduras: Wildfires in northeastern Honduras were responsible for a mostly moderate smoke plumb moving north off the coast into the western Caribbean Sea as evening approached. AEROSOL/SMOKE… South-Central U.S./Gulf of Mexico/ Bay of Campeche/Southern/Eastern Mexico/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico… An area of thin density smoke with a large mass of moderate density smoke attributed heavy seasonal fire activity was seen mostly in Texas and Oklahoma where denser smoke was noted. This smoke continued south into an area of light to moderate density aerosol from a composite of smoke due to agricultural burning and industrial sources was noted off the eastern coast of Mexico, encompassing a large portion of the Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the southern portion of Mexico, northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south of these regions. Eglin 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