DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0140Z November 7, 2024
SMOKE: South-Central United States… Seasonal burning was creating some very light density smoke around the area that was continuing south mixing with the aerosols and smoke in the Gulf of Mexico. California... A rapidly burning brush fire in Southern California around Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. Mostly moderate density smoke was observed emanating from the fire and dispersing west of southwest over the Pacific Ocean. . Pacific Northwest... A large amount of fire activity observed throughout the Pacific Northwest with two fires in western Oregon releasing light density smoke to the west over the Pacific Ocean. No additional significant smoke was observed in the satellite imagery today due to the widespread cloud cover across the area of operations. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southwestern Mexico/Western Gulf of Mexico... An area of light density smoke/aerosols attributed to scattered fire activity, volcanic emissions and industrial sources was observed this morning moving south through Michoacán, Guerrero and then northwest from the coast of Oaxaca along the western Gulf of Mexico where additional gas flaring emissions could be seen originating from oil 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