DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1730Z December 3, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S./Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast U.S. Coast…
A broad area of remnant thin density smoke attributed to recent
significant seasonal fire activity in the southeastern U.S. was visible
this morning covering southern Georgia, southern South Carolina,
and the northeastern part of Florida. The smoke may extend farther to
the west over the remainder of the southeastern U.S. but cloudiness
interfered with smoke detection in satellite imagery. Farther to the
south, a smaller patch of thin density smoke also likely from seasonal
fire activity in the southeastern U.S. was visible moving to the south
over southern Florida, the Florida Keys, and the nearby Gulf of Mexico
and Atlantic Ocean. Also, a number of thin to very localized moderate
density smoke plumes were seen moving to the south from agricultural
fires to the east and southeast of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.
Eastern Kentucky/Southern West Virginia…
A number of fires in the forested regions of eastern Kentucky and southern
West Virginia were producing smoke plumes which generally spread to the
north and northeast with some combining over eastern Kentucky to form a
bit larger area of smoke. The majority of the smoke was thin density but
a few moderate to even very localized thicker plumes were noted closer
to some of the fires.
Southeastern Missouri/Southern Illinois/Western Kentucky…
A narrow swath of leftover thin density smoke likely from yesterday’s
round of seasonal fires in the south central U.S. was seen this morning
extending from southeastern Missouri across southern Illinois to western
Kentucky.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of
Mexico and Central America…
A large mass of aerosol mainly thin to moderate density which may contain
a little remnant smoke from fire activity in Mexico was seen over portions
of southern Mexico and the northwest part of Central America and extending
well to the south of Mexico and Central America over the tropical Pacific
Ocean. It is believed that the majority of this aerosol is composed of
other atmospheric pollutants but a little smoke may also be present.
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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