DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0109Z December 31, 2021
SMOKE:
Colorado...
A light to heavy density smoke plumb was observed in northern-central
Colorado from wildfire. The primarily moderate density smoke plumb
was moving east into Kansas and Nebraska along the state line the as
evening approached.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific
Ocean South of Mexico and Central America, U.S. Gulf States...
A typical mix of smoke and aerosols from seasonal burning and oil and
gas flaring was observed over portions of western, southern and eastern
Mexico, northwestern Central America, an area in the tropical eastern
Pacific south and west of the Mexico and Central America coastlines,
the western Bay of Campeche, the western and northern Gulf of Mexico,
continuing north into Texas and east along the U.S. Gulf coastline ending
along the western Florida coastline.
DUST:
Kansas, Colorado...
An area of light blowing dust kicked up in eastern Colorado blowing
northeast into Kansas as the evening approached.
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