DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1645Z December 14, 2021
SMOKE:
No significant areas of smoke were visible in satellite imagery this
morning.
OTHER AEROSOL:
Area from the Central Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes Region…
A thin density aerosol was seen this morning stretching from the north
central Gulf of Mexico and the central Gulf Coast region northward to the
western Great Lakes region. This aerosol may be at least partly composed
of remnant smoke from numerous small seasonal type fires detected in
the central U.S. yesterday.
Mexico/Pacific South of Mexico…
Satellite imagery this morning showed the typical aerosol that has been
present for many days now across portions of southern Mexico and extending
well to the south and off the coast of Mexico over the tropical Pacific
Ocean. An additional relatively narrow swath of aerosol was seen along
and just off of eastern Mexico and over the far western Bay of Campeche
and the far western Gulf of Mexico. It is possible that some leftover
smoke from seasonal burning in Mexico may be a portion of this aerosol
which is also likely composed of other atmospheric pollutants.
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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