DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 4, 2022
SMOKE:
Southeastern Texas…
Leftover very thin density smoke likely from yesterday’s round of
seasonal fire activity in southeastern Texas, southern Louisiana, and
possibly eastern Mexico was visible this morning moving to the north
and northeast over southeastern Texas.
Southern Florida…
More thin to very localized moderate density smoke plumes quickly formed
and moved off to the east from agricultural fires along the western,
southern, and eastern periphery of Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.
Hispaniola…
Several wildfires in southeastern Haiti and the western and southwestern
part of the Dominican Republic produced moderately dense to thick smoke
plumes which moved off to the west and gradually thinning out in density
as the smoke moved over the nearby Caribbean.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Pacific Ocean
South of Mexico/Cuba...
The typical mix of smoke and aerosols from seasonal burning, oil and
gas flaring, and other industrial sources was observed over portions
of eastern Mexico and the western Bay of Campeche, southern Mexico,
and off the coast of southern Mexico well out over the tropical eastern
Pacific. Significant cloud cover over the remainder of the Bay of Campeche
and the Gulf of Mexico limited additional detection of smoke/aerosol in
this region. Also, a patch of aerosol likely from oil and gas flaring
in western Cuba was visible this morning over a portion of western Cuba
and extending to the south over the nearby Caribbean.
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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