DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z December 5, 2021
SMOKE:
Southeastern U.S./Mid-Atlantic Region/Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast
and Mid-Atlantic Coast/Northeastern Gulf of Mexico…
A broad area of thin density smoke leftover from recent days of
significant seasonal burning in the southeastern U.S. was visible this
morning extending from a portion of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico across
the north central part of the Florida peninsula, and over a portion of
the southeastern U.S. and southern Mid-Atlantic region. The smoke also
appeared to extend out over the far western Atlantic off the southeast
and Mid-Atlantic coast. Cloudiness scattered across portions of this
entire area though did limit some information on the extent and density
of the smoke in the region.
Southern Mississippi Valley…
A rather small swath of remnant thin density smoke likely from a rather
concentrated batch of daily seasonal fires occurring in southern Louisiana
was seen this morning stretching from southwestern Louisiana to central
Mississippi. Cloudiness likely interfered with more information on the
extent of the smoke in this region.
UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Southern and Western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Eastern Mexico/Yucatan
Peninsula/Cuba…
An area of thin density aerosol which is believed to be composed more of
other atmospheric pollutants rather than smoke from fires was seen this
morning extending from western Cuba and to the west over the southern
Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. A couple of industrial
complexes in northern Cuba were believed to be sources for some of
this aerosol. Farther to the west, smoke from oil rig flaring in the
Bay of Campeche was moving off to the northwest with a larger area of
unknown atmospheric aerosol located over the western Bay of Campeche
and extending to the north and northwest over the western Gulf of Mexico
and eastern Mexico.
Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico…
A large area of mainly thin density aerosol believed to be primarily
composed of other atmospheric pollutants than smoke from fires was visible
over portions of southern Mexico and extending well to the south over
the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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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