DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z November 23, 2024

SMOKE:
Mississippi River Basin/Southeastern United States...
A layer of very light density remnant smoke attributed to seasonal
agricultural burning throughout the Southeastern United States and
along the Mississippi River and was observed this evening moving
southeast over the region towards the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic
Ocean. Light-to-moderate density smoke was seen in southern Louisiana
while several scattered individual smoke plumes were visible throughout
the Southeastern United States as the evening progressed.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Central, Southwestern and Eastern 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 along the Central and Southwestern Pacific Coasts of Mexico,
Southern Mexico and continuing along the coastal regions of 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