DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 14, 2022
SMOKE:
Northern Gulf of Mexico/Lower Mississippi Valley/Southeastern U.S...
A large region of light to moderate density smoke likely attributed
to recent seasonal and agricultural burning activity over parts of
the Lower Mississippi Valley and Southeastern U.S. was observed over
a large portion of the North Central Gulf of Mexico especially to the
south offshore from Louisiana. Smoke was currently not observed from
the seasonal fire activity, but likely will be later today and continue
progressing southward towards the Gulf of Mexico. Light density smoke
was also observed from agricultural burning south of Lake Okeechobee in
Southern Florida progressing southward in this morning.
Hispaniola/Caribbean...
Light to moderate density smoke from wildfires in the Southwestern
Dominican Republic was visible this morning moving eastward over parts of
the Southern Dominican Republic and just offshore out over the Northern
Caribbean Sea.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southern and Southwestern Mexico/Northern Central America/Eastern
Pacific Ocean...
Large regions of smoke and other aerosols from gas and oil flaring as
well as other industrial pollutants were observed this morning. Light
density smoke was observed over most of coastal Southern and Southwestern
Mexico as well as inland over parts of Southern Mexico, Northern Central
America, and well offshore from Southern and Southwestern Mexico over
the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Cloud cover over parts of Central America,
the Western Gulf of Mexico, and the Southern Bay of Campeche made smoke
analysis in these regions difficult 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