DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0022Z February 4, 2025
SMOKE: Southeastern United States... In the southeastern United States moderate agricultural burning was detected creating numerous mostly light density smoke plumes that were combining to create larger area of smoke over southern Georgia moving northeast. In southeastern Georgia a larger fire was seen producing at least moderate smoke through some cloud cover that was adding to the mix. AEROSOL/SMOKE: Mexico/Pacific Ocean/United States Gulf Coast/Gulf of Mexico... An area of predominantly light density smoke and aerosols was observed today spreading from southern Mexico and central America south into the Pacific Ocean, and north following the Mexican coast and into Texas before moving east along the Gulf Coast and ending in Louisiana. 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