Wednesday, May 8, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0048Z May 9, 2024

SMOKE:
Southeastern United States..
An area of mostly light density smoke attributed to some seasonal
fires and residual smoke from previous days burning was seen over the
southeastern U.S. from Virginia to the south and west through the Gulf
states and continued south mixing with the smoke that has been present in
the Gulf of Mexico. This smoke continues to the east and north covering
a large area of the coastal Atlantic area in the eastern United States.

Arizona...
Two fires around north-central Arizona continued to burn today. They
were releasing light density smoke that was observed moving generally
east of northeast remaining in the respective state as evening approached.

Florida...
Two larger fires were burning in Florida Panhandle and western Florida
creating plumes of moderate density smoke that was observed moving
generally north to northeast into southern Georgia.

SMOKE:
British Columbia…
Numerous fires in northeastern British Columbia could be seen producing
light density smoke which generally spreads to the east of the fire just
entering Alberta as the evening approached.


AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central-Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Yucatan
Peninsula/Cuba/Jamaica/Central America/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of predominantly light and moderate density smoke attributed
to widespread seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern
Mexico,Central America,and the Yucatan Peninsula was observed
extending from the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula, through
central-southern Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Central America and into the
Pacific Ocean off the southern coastline of Mexico. Aerosols from a
composite of volcanic emissions and industrial sources in Mexico, and
gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche contributed to the expansive
area of aerosol/smoke observed throughout these regions.

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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