DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1701Z December 20, 2021
SMOKE:
South Florida…
Early afternoon agricultural burning near and south of Lake Okeechobee in
south Florida was observed producing scattered light smoke plumes. These
smoke plumes were seen moving southwestward. A few other smoke plumes
are possibly present, but could not be confidently discerned due to
the presence of cloud cover.
AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Guatemala/Gulf of Tehuantepec/Pacific Ocean…
Aerosol of unknown composition was observed extending southwestward from
the coasts of Guatemala, Chiapas, and Oaxaca. More unknown aerosol can be
seen across the eastern Bay of Campeche. Although unknown for certain,
the aerosol layer is likely at least partly comprised of aerosol from
gas flaring in the Bay of Campeche and possibly a little remnant smoke
from small fires.
Hosley
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