DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0000Z December 29, 2021
SMOKE:
North Carolina/South Carolina…
A few fires were observed to be producing small plumes of light smoke,
primarily extending northeastward. Elsewhere across the southeastern
U.S., while numerous fires were detected throughout the afternoon,
widespread scattered cloud cover prevented analysis of any further
possible smoke plumes.
Oklahoma…
A wildfire in eastern Comanche County was observed emitting medium-density
smoke east-northeastward extending to southeast of Oklahoma City. Another
fire in southern Kiowa County was also observed producing light smoke
extending eastward.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South
of Mexico and Central America, Southern Texas…
A typical mix of smoke and aerosols from seasonal burning and oil and gas
flaring was observed this afternoon along much of the Mexican coast along
the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Bay of Campeche extending northward
over the western Gulf, reaching as far as far southern Texas. Earlier
smoke and aerosols were also observed along the Pacific coast of Mexico
and extending southward into Guatemala.
DUST:
New Mexico/Texas…
Two plumes of dust could be seen near sunset blowing eastward from near
the New Mexico/Texas border eastward across north Texas as far as Wichita
Falls and just west of Fort Worth.
MTC
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