DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0100Z December 31, 2023
Smoke: Southeastern U.S./Louisiana… Seasonal burning created several light to locally moderate density smoke plumes throughout southeastern U.S. and Louisiana. The smoke plumes were observed moving generally toward east/southeast. Southern Louisiana had the thickest smoke from smoke plumes combining and pushing southeast from southern Louisiana over the Gulf of Mexico. AEROSOL/SMOKE… Mexico/Northwest Central America/Pacific Ocean south of southern coast of Mexico and Central America… An area of mainly thin density aerosol was noted over far southeastern Mexico, northwestern Central America, and a portion of the Pacific Ocean south of these locations. Little recent fire activity has been detected in Mexico and northwest Central America so this aerosol was believed to be primarily composed of pollutants from industrial activities in the region. YL 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