DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0315Z March 7, 2024
SMOKE: South Central United States/Missouri… An area of thin density smoke was observed this evening covering a moderate portion of south central United States. The area was concentrated mainly over Texas and Oklahoma. This thin density smoke, likely attributed to the recent wildfires in these states was moving generally northeast. Several light to moderate density smoke plumes were observed throughout Missouri this evening, moving west. AEROSOL/SMOKE… South Central United States/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico/Central America… An area of light to moderate density aerosol from a composite of smoke due to agricultural burning and industrial sources was noted over eastern Mexico, a large portion of the Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the south-eastern coast of Mexico, northwest central America and the Pacific Ocean south of them. 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 today. 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