Sunday, November 26, 2023

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z November 27, 2023

SMOKE:
Sacramento Valley…
Scattered fire activity across the Sacramento Valley was observed
producing scattered light to perhaps moderate density smoke that was
mainly moving off to the south-southeast.

Louisiana…
Scattered fire activity across Louisiana was observed producing isolated
smoke plumes moving south-southeast.

Elsewhere…
Widespread overcast conditions were present east of the Mississippi
River. This would include the southeastern CONUS and Shenandoah Valley
where it is certainly possible some fire and smoke activity was obscured
by the cloud cover.


SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southwestern Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/East Coast of Mexico…
Smoke and aerosol from gas flaring activity in the Bay of Campeche
was producing a sizable plume that was extending northwestward with
further smoke and aerosol present surrounding a weak cyclone/vortex in
the western Bay of Campeche.

Hosley


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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.