DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z December 29, 2023
Southeastern U.S… Several batches of very thin density remnant smoke, likely from yesterday’s round of seasonal fire activity in the south central and southeastern U.S., were seen this morning spreading to the east across a sizable portion of the southeastern U.S. stretching from Mississippi to the Carolinas. A few newly developing smoke plumes were also becoming visible with today’s fire activity in the south central and southeastern U.S. 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 this morning 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. JS 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