DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z December 24, 2021
SMOKE: Louisiana… A narrow smoke plume from an active fire was observed in south central Louisiana moving northward into southwestern Mississippi this afternoon and early evening. Florida… A few thin density smoke plumes from active agricultural fires along the western, southern, and eastern periphery of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida were seen on satellite imagery this afternoon and early evening. The smoke plumes moved quickly off to the south and 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. YL 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