DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0130Z January 6, 2022
SMOKE:
Eastern Texas/Lower Mississippi Valley and Southeastern U.S...
Widespread agricultural burning activity from eastern Texas was observed
producing mainly thin density smoke moving toward the northeast. A large
region of remnant light density smoke was also observed over Northern
Louisiana, Southern Arkansas, Northern Mississippi, Central/Northern
Alabama, and Northwestern Georgia.
Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico...
Scattered fire activity across southern and central Mexico was observed
emitting mainly thin density smoke covering portions of central and
southern Mexico, the Bay of Campeche, and the western Gulf of Mexico.
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.
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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