DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z November 25, 2021
SMOKE:
No significant areas of smoke were seen in satellite imagery this
afternoon.
DUST:
Southern California/Baja/Pacific off of Southern California and Baja…
Areas of blowing dust could be seen forming across southern California,
in particular over Orange, Riverside, Imperial, and San Diego counties,
with the dust moving southwestward and over the Pacific ocean. Blowing
dust was also visible over Baja California where a well-defined plume
originated from the dry lake beds of el Islote and Chapala could be seen
dispersing toward the southwest and across the Sebastian Viscaino Bay,
finally reaching Isla de Cedros .
UNKNOWN AEROSOL/DUST:
Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche...
A thin to moderately dense aerosol plume which may at least be partly
composed of gas flaring smoke, blowing dust along with other atmospheric
pollutants persisted throughout the afternoon over the western Gulf of
Mexico and western Bay of Campeche, extending inland over the states of
Tamaulipas, Veracruz, western Tabasco, and eastern Oaxaca.
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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