DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0132Z February 19, 2022
SMOKE: Texas, Oklahoma... Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate density smoke plumbs in eastern Texas and Oklahoma. Most of the smoke plumbs in Texas were generally moving south in direction while plumbs in Oklahoma were moving generally north as evening approached. A moderate to heavy density smoke plumb was seen in eastern Texas moving south. California... Probable seasonal burning activity and possible wildfires in northern and central California was emitting mostly light to moderate density smoke plumbs that were spreading out around their sources in central California. In northern California a light to heavy density smoke plumb due to a possible wildfire was observed moving north into Oregon. Florida... Agricultural burning activity was observed throughout the Florida peninsula this afternoon. An area of mostly light density smoke was observed over peninsula extending east over the Atlantic just off the coast. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America, Cuba... The combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and significant smoke contributions from Central America and other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was visible today over the eastern the Bay of Campeche, eastern Gulf of Mexico, portions of southern Mexico, northwestern Central America, Cuba, the Caribbean northwest of Cuba and south of Cuba, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern and western coast of Mexico and Central America. 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: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg GIS: ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/ KML: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire) http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke) ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov