DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z November 7, 2024
SMOKE: California/Pacific Coast... Moderate-to-thick density smoke continues to be seen emanating from the destructive wind fueled wildfire by the name of ‘Mountain Fire’ that started Wednesday morning in Ventura county in Southern California. This moderate-to-thick density smoke was seen moving west from its origin towards the Pacific Ocean, then moving northwest along the coast where it was seen combining with a plume of smoke from the Santa Lucia fire, before dispersing further northwest into the Pacific Ocean. Several small light density plumes were observed in Northern California, resulting in small clusters of localized light density smoke in the region. Pacific Northwest... A significant amount of fire activity was seen throughout the Pacific Northwest this afternoon and into the evening. Plumes from wildfires ranging in density from light to moderate, and even heavy, were seen scattered throughout Washington State, Oregon and Idaho. These plumes were observed blowing mostly west-northwest in direction and resulted in a layer of very light density smoke covering the region. 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 evening moving northeast through southern Mexico from the coasts of Guerrero and Oaxaca and then north along the western Gulf of Mexico where additional gas flaring emissions could be seen originating from oil rigs in the Bay of Campeche. Willkens 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