DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1540Z November 1, 2024
SMOKE: Atlantic Coast United States/Gulf of Mexico... A thin layer of light density smoke was seen this morning moving northwest along the Atlantic coast of the United States which may have been a remnant of seasonal agricultural fires burning throughout the southeastern states recently. Other sources in Mexico may have also contributed, moving north and east along the Gulf Coast to the northeast. Cloud cover obscured any smoke visibility over the southeastern United States and mid-Atlantic, much of Canada and the west. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico... An area of light density smoke/aerosols attributed to seasonal fire activity, volcanic emissions and industrial sources throughout southern Mexico was observed spreading southwest into the Pacific Ocean and also along the Gulf Coast, where it mixed with smoke from agricultural fires in the southeastern United States and continued to the northeast. Mills 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