DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z March 15, 2024
SMOKE: Northwest/Midwest/Florida/Atlantic... During the evening, a thick band of clouds covered many of the states stretching from Texas,Oklahoma,the Midwest, the Great Lakes region, and into New York. Outside of this region, several smaller emissions were observed. Lite to moderate density smoke was observed blowing from Southeast Washington state into Northern Oregon. Lite to moderate density smoke was observed in Southern Nebraska blowing into eastern Missouri. On the Floridian panhandle, a thin mass of lite smoke was observed emanating north of Lake Okeechobee, blowing towards the Northeast over the Atlantic ocean. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche... A large area of light to moderate smoke originating the Tabasco region of Mexico mixed with emissions from oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, were observed drifting North along the Mexican / Texan coastline. Cardona 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