Thursday, December 23, 2021

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z December 23, 2021

SMOKE:
Louisiana...
A rather small patch of leftover smoke from yesterday’s round of
seasonal fire activity in southern Louisiana was visible this morning
moving northward across south central Louisiana. A nearby narrow smoke
plume from an active fire was also visible in south central Louisiana
moving northward into southwestern Mississippi.

Florida…
Numerous agricultural fires along the western, southern, and eastern
periphery of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida were emitting primarily
thin density smoke plumes which moved quickly off to the southwest.

AEROSOL:
Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific South of
Mexico/Western Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Eastern Mexico…
The usual aerosol attributed primarily to other atmospheric pollutants
including factory emissions and emissions from gas/oil flaring was seen
again today across and eastern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, the western
Gulf of Mexico, portions of southern Mexico, northwestern Central America,
and the tropical eastern Pacific south of Mexico and northwestern Central
America. Some leftover and current smoke from seasonal fire activity in
Mexico and previous fires in northwestern Central America may also be
contributing to this aerosol.

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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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.