DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1722Z January 23, 2025
SMOKE: California... Yesterdays light to heavy density smoke from the ongoing Hughes wildfire (immediately north of Santa Clarita) was observed drifting Southwest over the Pacific Ocean. As of this morning the Hughes fire was releasing a very small amount of light smoke. Baja California... Two large wildfires were visible in northwestern Baja California with one located just southwest of Tijuana releasing light to moderate smoke and another located just southwest of Ensenada releasing moderate to heavy smoke. Both smoke plumes were moving southwest of the fires out over the Pacific Ocean. Arizona... Light density smoke was observed emanating from the ongoing Horton wildfire (Central Arizona). The smoke was observed drifting southwest and remained in the respective state. 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 Central and Southern Mexico was observed this morning along Mexico’s Southern Pacific coasts, extending west into the Pacific Ocean. 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