DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0051Z January 9, 2022
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southern Texas/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
again this morning over portions of eastern and southern Mexico,
the western Bay of Campeche, and off the coast of Southern Mexico and
Guatemala over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Some of this aerosol
appeared to spread to the north over southern Texas though cloud cover
in this region limited additional information from satellite imagery.
Cloud cover precluded further smoke analysis this evening.
Earlier Today:
South Central and Southeastern U.S./Eastern Gulf of Mexico…
Remnant patches of thin density smoke likely from yesterday’s round of
seasonal fire activity in the south central and southeastern U.S. were
seen over south central Mississippi, and across a portion of the Florida
panhandle, northern Florida, southeastern Alabama, southern Georgia,
and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Aerosol was also seen farther to the
south off the west coast of Florida and over a portion of southern Florida
which may contain some leftover smoke in addition to other atmospheric
pollutants most likely from oil and gas flaring in western Cuba.
Hispaniola/Caribbean…
Wildfires continue to produce locally thicker smoke in the western part
of the Dominican Republic and southeastern Haiti which fanned out and
became thinner in density as it moved to the west over a portion of the
nearby Caribbean.
Eglin
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