DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0057Z January 3, 2022
SMOKE:
Southern Florida...
Numerous agricultural fires around Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida
were emitting thin density smoke plumes which were moving quickly off
to the northeast as evening approached.
Hispaniola...
A couple of wildfire complexes in the southwestern part of the Dominican
Republic and southeastern Haiti were emitting light density smoke which
spread to the northwest as evening approached.
western Cuba.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Northwestern Cuba/Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Pacific Ocean off
southern Mexico and Guatemala coastlines...Aerosol plumes linked to gas
flaring and other urban/industrial activities were seen originating
from northwestern Cuba and moving to the north over the eastern Gulf
of Mexico. Relatively large patches of primarily thin density aerosol
associated with gas flaring and other urban/industrial activities, with
additional contribution from scattered regional fire activity were seen
this morning across portions of southern Mexico and off the coast of
southern Mexico and northwestern Central America extending well out over
the tropical eastern Pacific. Farther to the north, more aerosol composed
of smoke and other atmospheric pollutants was seen across eastern Mexico,
the Bay of Campeche, and the western and central Gulf of Mexico with the
aerosol likely extending over the northern Gulf of Mexico and inland
over the central Gulf coast region though cloud cover there limited
information on the extent of the aerosol in satellite imagery.
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