DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1600Z March 31, 2024
SMOKE: Carolinas/Atlantic Ocean... Very light remnant smoke was seen extending off the coast of North and South Carolina and into the Atlantic Ocean. This smoke is like due from the seasonal burning throughout the Central and southeastern U.S. Florida... Numerous light density smoke plumes from agricultural burning just south of Lake Okeechobee were observed moving westward. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Caribbean Sea/Cuba/Hispaniola/Central America/Pacific Ocean south of Mexico... Remnant smoke mixed with aerosols and smoke from ongoing fires across Mexico and Central America was observed over southern and eastern Mexico, western half of the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and coastal Pacific Ocean waters off of Mexico and northern Central America. Nguyen 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