Saturday, February 8, 2025

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1550Z February 8, 2025

SMOKE:
Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast United States Coast….
An area of light density, from fire activity over the Southeast United
States, was seen in the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of the
Southeastern United States.

AEROSOL/SMOKE:
Southern Texas, Western Gulf, Central and Southern Mexico and the Pacific
Ocean off the Central and Southern Coast of Mexico….
A large area of predominantly light smoke attributed to widespread
seasonal fire activity throughout central-southern Mexico, Central America
and northern South America was observed today extending from southern
Texas south through the western Gulf, central and southern Mexico,
along the west coast of Mexico to near the southern tip of the Baja
and into the Pacific Ocean south of the Pacific coastline of central
and southern Mexico.  Aerosols from volcanic emissions and industrial
sources in Mexico were also likely mixing into this area of aerosol/smoke,
especially over areas of Mexico.

Hanna

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.