DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 7, 2022
SMOKE:
Northern Gulf of Mexico/Gulf Coast Region/Atlantic Ocean off the
Southeastern U.S…
Areas of remnant thin density smoke were seen this morning along a frontal
boundary across portions of southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana and
extending to the east over the northern Gulf of Mexico and the northern
portion of the Florida peninsula, before curving to the northeast off
the Southeastern U.S. coast. Greater coverage of smoke may be present
over the northern Gulf of Mexico and inland over southeastern Texas and
southern Louisiana but cloud cover there prevented additional information
from satellite imagery. The smoke was attributed to scattered seasonal
type fires yesterday over the south central and southeastern U.S.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche/Eastern and Southern Mexico/Eastern
Pacific Ocean South of the Coast of Mexico and Guatemala...
The typical mix of smoke and aerosols from seasonal burning, oil and gas
flaring, and other industrial sources primarily in Mexico was observed
over portions of eastern Mexico and the western Bay of Campeche, southern
Mexico, and off the coast of Southern Mexico and Guatemala well out over
the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
Cuba/Southern Florida/Northern and Central Bahamas...
Patches of leftover thin density smoke mixed with aerosols from oil and
gas flaring and other sources of industrial pollution from Cuba were
visible this morning especially over portions of central and western
Cuba, the Caribbean to the south of Cuba, the southern Gulf of Mexico to
the west of Cuba, and extending to the north of Cuba possibly affecting
the Florida Keys and far southern Florida along with the northern and
central Bahamas.
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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