DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0111Z January 10, 2023
SMOKE: South Central and Southeastern United States... A large amount of light to moderate density smoke plumbs attributed primarily to widespread seasonal burning activity in the south-central & southeastern U.S. with the burning area stretching from Louisiana eastward across the Southeastern U.S. into North Carolina today. A larger area of light density smoke with some areas of moderate density smoke was observed over south Georgia and northern Florida due to seasonal burning. All of this smoke was observed moving generally south or southeast. South Florida… Widespread agricultural burning and associated light to moderate smoke production was observed throughout Florida today. The smoke was moving westward across southern Florida. 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 covered precluding smoke analysis in this area. Cuba... Light to moderate density smoke from recent rounds of seasonal burning in central Cuba and extending into the surrounding Caribbean. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Gulf of Mexico/Cuba/Caribbean Sea/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean off the Southern Coast of Mexico and Northwest Central America… A sprawling area of thin density smoke and aerosol mix could be seen this today over portions of southern and eastern Mexico and northwestern Central America and extending to the south well out over the Pacific Ocean. The smoke and aerosol mixture was also present over the Bay of Campeche and stretched to the east over the western Gulf of Mexico. This smoke/aerosol mixture was likely due to industrial activities in Mexico and northwestern Central America along with some seasonal burning in those regions as well. 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