DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1732Z December 12, 2021
SMOKE: South Florida... Agricultural burning activity was observed around the Lake Okeechobee region of South Florida. A light to moderate density smoke plumb was observed progressing to the south from the northeast Lake Okeechobee region and a light density smoke plumb was observed progressing to the west from the southern Lake Okeechobee region this morning. Western/Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean South and west of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico... Two areas of light density residual smoke were observed this morning. One was along the coastal western Mexican states of the Colima and Jalisco continuing west over to the Pacific Ocean. The second was located on the southern Mexico coast continuing over the Pacific south of Mexico. AEROSOL: Bay of Campeche/Eastern/Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico... Atmospheric pollution likely associated with scattered seasonal burning, gas flaring as well as other industrial and urban activities that have persisted in this general area were causing areas of aerosol through breaks in cloud cover over parts of the Bay of Campeche, eastern and southern Mexico extending to the Pacific south of Mexico. 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: 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