DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2320Z January 16, 2025
SMOKE: Alabama/Florida/Georgia/South Carolina... Stretching from Eastern Alabama, Northern Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, several individual light to moderate density plumes of smoke were observed. Originating from suspected prescribed fires, wildfires, and industrial emissions, these smoke plumes merged to form a large mass of smoke that drifted East into the Atlantic ocean. Louisiana... An ongoing fire on Marsh Island produced light to heavy density smoke that drifted Southwest into the Gulf of Mexico. California Valley... A large area of predominantly light smoke attributed to a combination of remnant smoke from agricultural burns and wildfires, was observed settling within the California valley. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean... An area of predominantly light density smoke and aerosols attributed to scattered agricultural burning, volcanic emissions and industrial sources throughout Southern Mexico was observed today along the Mexico’s Southern Pacific coast extending west into Pacific Ocean. Cardona 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