DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 5, 2022
SMOKE:
Lower Mississippi Valley and Southeastern U.S...
A large region of remnant light density smoke likely attributed from
recent widespread agricultural burning over parts of the Lower Mississippi
Valley and Southeastern U.S. was observed over Northern Louisiana,
Southern Arkansas, Northern Mississippi, Central/Northern Alabama,
and Northwestern Georgia. Agricultural burning was also observed to the
south of Lake Okeechobee in South Florida emitting light density smoke
in this morning’s GOES visible satellite imagery.
Hispaniola...
Several wildfires in Southeastern Haiti and in Western/Southwestern parts
of the Dominican Republic were observed emitting light to moderate density
smoke plumes. The smoke was observed moving westward and then gradually
thinning out in density further from the fires in this morning’s GOES
visible satellite imagery.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Eastern
Pacific Ocean...
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
ocean. Significant cloud cover over the remainder of the Bay of Campeche
and the Gulf of Mexico limited additional detection of smoke/aerosol
over this region this morning.
Sambucci
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