Monday, April 22, 2024

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0040Z April 23, 2024

SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S...
Seasonal burning scattered across the southeastern U.S were seen producing
numerous light density smoke plumes. Majority of the smoke plumes were
observed in the Gulf States such as Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida,
with the smoke plumes moving southward towards the Gulf of Mexico. Smoke
plumes were also seen in states of Virginia and North Carolina, with
the smoke moving in a southeast direction.

Arizona...
Two prescribed fires located in Coconino National Forest, located in
northern Arizona close to the city of Flagstaff, were still producing
light to moderate density localized smoke. The smoke was dispersing
towards the northwest direction and into cloud cover.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Central and Southern Mexico,
Central America/Pacific Ocean...
A large area of light to moderate density smoke attributed to widespread
seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Central
America, and northern South America was observed extending from the
Atlantic Ocean off the southern region of the eastern seaboard, through
the Gulf of Mexico, central-southern Mexico, Central America and into the
Pacific Ocean off the southwest coastline of Mexico. Areas of slightly
denser smoke and aerosols were observed over northwest Central America,
southern Mexico, and the Bay of Campeche. 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.

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