DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z November 6, 2023
SMOKE: Central and Eastern U.S./Northern and Eastern Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. East Coast… A broad area of remnant thin density smoke linked to daily seasonal fire activity in the central, south central, and southeastern U.S. along with a few wildfires especially in the forested areas in and around the central and southern Appalachians, was seen this morning covering much of the eastern half of the U.S. with the exception of the far north central U.S. and some of the Northeast. Thicker smoke plumes were also visible with some of the wildfires occurring in western Virginia, western North Carolina, southern West Virginia, southeastern Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee. Arizona… A swath of leftover thin density smoke which is partly due to fires occurring in central and east central Arizona and some in northwestern Baja was present this morning over portions of western, central, and northern Arizona. AEROSOL: Eastern and Southern Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern Baja/Pacific Ocean Off the Southern Coast of Mexico and southern Baja… Aerosol of generally thin density was seen in some of the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf of Mexico, as well as eastern and southern Mexico, southern Baja, and the Pacific Ocean south of the southern coast of Mexico and southern Baja. The majority of this aerosol is likely from industrial sources in Mexico though some of the aerosol over the Bay of Campeche, the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Mexico may be due to flaring from rigs in the Bay of Campeche. JS 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