DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0114Z November 8, 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 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 today 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. Within the region, numerous moderate density smoke plumes were seen mainly in the southeastern U.S. and as far north as eastern Kentucky where fire activity was notes. The area of smoke was moving eastward but the plumbs generally moved to the northeast. Arizona... Two wildfires in central and eastern Arizona was releasing light density smoke that was observed moving generally northwest with some smoke reaching New Mexico as evening approached. Northern California... Seasonal fires in northern California could be seen producing an area of light density smoke which moved to the south as evening approached. 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… Some lingering aerosol of generally thin density was seen in some of the Bay of Campeche and the western Gulf of Mexico, as well as parts of 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. 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