DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 6, 2022
SMOKE:
Alabama/Georgia…
A patch of leftover very thin density smoke attributed to yesterday’s
round of seasonal burning in the south central and southeastern U.S. was
seen moving to the northeast across portions of Alabama and Georgia
this morning.
Hispaniola/Cuba/Caribbean…
An area of mostly thin density smoke was visible spreading to the
west over the western part of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the
Caribbean to the west of there. This smoke was likely due to wildfires
burning in southeastern Haiti and the western Dominican Republic with
locally thicker smoke also seen closer to one of the wildfires in the
western part of the Dominican Republic. Farther to the west, a remnant
patch of thin density smoke likely from seasonal fires in central and
western Cuba yesterday was visible moving to the west over central Cuba
and the Caribbean just south of there.
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 sastern Mexico and the western Bay of Campeche and far western Gulf
of Mexico, southern Mexico, and off the coast of Southern Mexico and
Guatemala well out over the tropical Eastern Pacific ocean.
Western Cuba/Southern Florida/Northern Bahamas…
A southwest to northeast elongated swath of what is believed to be
mainly aerosol from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in
northwestern Cuba was seen this morning stretching from the Caribbean
off the southern and eastern tip of western Cuba, over western Cuba, the
Florida Keys and the southern part of the Florida peninsula, and over
the Atlantic and northern Bahamas off the eastern coast of Florida. It
also is possible that some leftover smoke from seasonal fire activity
in Cuba may be present in this region as well.
JS
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