Saturday, February 8, 2025

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0030Z February 9, 2025

SMOKE:
Florida...
Agricultural burning and seasonal fire activity was observed across the
state, producing light density smoke plumes. Smoke plumes south of Lake
Okeechobee was observed moving northwestward while the smoke located in
northern Florida was seen moving northeastward.

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.

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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.