DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0129Z December 14, 2022
SMOKE: Pacific Northwest... A large number of wildfires and seasonal/prescribed type fire activity was observed throughout British Columbia and Alberta. Some light to moderate smoke plumes were observed in Alberta moving generally east but snow in the background and periodical cloud cover precluding smoke analysis in this area. Northern Mexico... Numerous possible wildfires and seasonal/prescribed type fire activity was observed in central Chihuahua releasing light to moderate smoke that was moving generally east across the state as evening approached. SMOKE/AEROSOLS: Southern Texas/Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico... A sizable area of remnant thin density smoke and from scattered seasonal fire activity in Mexico mixed with aerosols originating from gas flaring activity in Bay of Campeche and urban/industrial activity in Mexico continues to be analyzed over the western Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast. Another area of smoke or smoke/aerosol mixes were observed off the southwestern coast of Mexico and over the eastern Gulf of Mexico as a result of seasonal fire activity in northwestern Cuba, continuing emissions from gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche. 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