DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z November 3, 2023
SMOKE: Southeastern United States, Midwestern United States, New England…. Fire activity over the Southeastern and South Central United States, and particularly fire activity over Virginia, eastern Kentucky and northern Georgia, was producing a mostly thin density smoke plume that was extending from portions of the northern Southeastern United States north and northeast to the Midwestern United States, New England and into the Atlantic Ocean. Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Eastern Texas and the Gulf of Mexico... An area of light density smoke, from seasonal fires in the area, was seen extending from northern Mississippi and southern Arkansas south through Louisiana and eastern Texas and into the northwest Gulf of Mexico. AEROSOL/BLOWING DUST: Western Mexico coastline/Pacific Ocean... Areas of aerosol 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 Hanna 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