DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1640Z November 10, 2023
SMOKE: Eastern North Carolina, Eastern South Carolina and the Offshore Atlantic Ocean…. An area of light density smoke, from fire activity over the Southeastern United States, was seen extending from portions of far eastern North Carolina and northeast coastal South Carolina east into the offshore Atlantic Ocean. AEROSOL: Western Gulf of Mexico, eastern and southern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean off the Southern Coast of Mexico…. An area of aerosol and possibly some thin density smoke was seen over the western Gulf of Mexico extending south through southern Mexico and into the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Mexico. It is believed the majority of this aerosol is likely from industrial sources in Mexico though some of the aerosol over the western Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Mexico may be due to flaring from offshore oil platforms in the southwest Gulf of Mexico. 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