DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0031Z November 2, 2023
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern U.S./Mid-Atlantic Region… Numerous daily seasonal fires and a few wildfires were responsible for patches of thin to moderate density smoke which were visible over some of the south central and southeastern U.S. today. A number of new smoke plumes were visible in satellite imagery today with this fire activity in Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas and Mississippi produced mostly light density smoke plumes. Louisiana/Gulf of Mexico... Several embedded wildfires and heavy seasonal burning could be seen producing an area of light to moderate smoke over southern Louisiana that could be seen moving towards the southwest into cloud cover over the northern Gulf of Mexico. Central/Southern California/Northern Baja/Pacific Ocean off the California/Baja Coast… Mainly thin density smoke was seen spreading to the west and offshore over the Pacific Ocean from a few wildfires over southwestern California between Los Angeles and San Diego. Arizona… Primarily thin to moderate density smoke linked to fires in central and east central Arizona was noted moving generally to the east mainly affecting central Arizona. Hawaii-Central Oahu... A wildfire in Central Oahu continued for a third day. It was releasing light to moderate smoke that was observed moving generally to the north and then to the northeast over the Pacific. AEROSOL/BLOWING DUST: Western Mexico coastline/Pacific Ocean... Patches of aerosol of generally thin density were seen along and off portions of the west Mexico coastline and over the Pacific Ocean. This aerosol was believed to be primarily composed of pollutants from industrial sources in Mexico. Some blowing dust is likely also present over this region Eglin 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