DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2345Z October 31, 2024
SMOKE: Western Canada... A layer of light density smoke was seen this evening blowing northwest from the central Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba towards British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska. This light density smoke is a result of the significant amount of wildfire activity throughout central/southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba over the past few days. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico... An area of light to potentially moderate density smoke/aerosols attributed to widespread seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions and industrial sources throughout Central and Southern Mexico was observed today from the Gulf of Mexico, Central-Southern Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Aerosols from a composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico, and gas flaring activity in the southwest region of the Gulf of Mexico likely contributed to aerosols present in the region 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