DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0232Z January 4, 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 southeast as evening approached.
Texas, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico...
Numerous thin to moderately density smoke plumes were seen throughout
Texas and Louisiana due to seasonal burning. They were last observed
moving south in direction out over the Gulf of Mexico as evening
approached.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South
of Mexico...
A typical mix of smoke and aerosols from seasonal burning and oil and
gas flaring was observed over portions of western, central, southern,
and eastern Mexico, northwestern Central America, an area in the tropical
eastern Pacific south of the Mexico and Northwestern Central America
coastlines, the southwestern Bay of Campeche, the western and northern
Gulf of Mexico.
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