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