DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0113Z March 12, 2024

SMOKE:
Central United States…
An area of thin to moderate density smoke attributed to moderate to
heavy seasonal burning was seen from central Texas, to the north and
east through the central U.S. ending in the western Great Lakes region
near eastern Minnesota and western Michigan. As a mass the smoke was
generally moving northeast and east in direction. Some moderate to even
heavy density smoke (near the sources) was noted over eastern Oklahoma,
northern Arkansas and southern Missouri as evening approached.

South Carolina/North Carolina/Coastal Atlantic Ocean…
Numerous scattered fires along the South Carolina/North Carolina border
could be seen producing mostly light density smoke plumes which combined
and generally moved to the east over the coastal Atlantic Ocean.


AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Florida/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula/Western Caribbean Sea/Pacific
Ocean south of Mexico/Central America...
A large area of predominantly light density smoke originating from
widespread fire activity in Central America and northern South America,
mixed in with aerosol from a composite of volcanic emissions in Mexico,
and industrial sources was noted over the southern Gulf of Mexico,
to the east over the Florida peninsula, the western Caribbean Sea,
Central America and the Pacific ocean off the coast of southern Mexico
and Central America.

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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.