DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z November 25, 2021
SMOKE:
No significant areas of smoke were seen in satellite imagery this morning.
DUST:
Southern California/Baja/Pacific off of Southern California and Baja…
Some rather thin density patches of apparent blowing dust were visible
this morning along and off the coast of southern California and northern
Baja which originated over desert areas farther inland and spread to
the west and southwest after being kicked up by strong Santa Ana winds.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL/DUST:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Southeastern Mexico/Pacific south
of Mexico and Guatemala…
A thin to moderately dense aerosol which may at least be partly composed
of blowing dust along with other atmospheric pollutants was seen this
morning over the western Gulf of Mexico and western Bay of Campeche and
inland over a portion of southeastern Mexico and Guatemala and extending
to the south of Mexico and Guatemala over the Pacific.
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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: 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