Sunday, March 31, 2024

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