DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 015Z December 25, 2021
SMOKE:
Extensive cloud cover over much of North America precluded further smoke
and fire analysis this afternoon.
Earlier Today;
Florida...
Multiple small and light density smoke plumes were seen originating from
agricultural fires along the southern and southwestern periphery of Lake
Okeechobee in southern Florida. The smoke was dispersing toward the west.
AEROSOL:
Western-Southern-Eastern-Central 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 western/southern/eastern/central Mexico, western the
Bay of Campeche, the southwestern 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.
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