DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0044Z January 18, 2022
SMOKE: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana… Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate smoke plumbs in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. Most of the smoke plumbs in Texas and Oklahoma were generally moving north in direction. The denser smoke plumbs were along the Gulf coast were seen moving southeast over the Gulf of Mexico as evening approached. Louisiana… Southern Louisiana along the Gulf Coast was covered by an area of light density smoke with pockets of moderate smoke from seasonal burning. Florida... Numerous agricultural fires around Lake Okeechobee in southern and central Florida were emitting thin density smoke plumes which combined into two larger plumbs that were moving quickly off to the east. A light to moderate density smoke plumb was observed in Florida panhandle from seasonal burning activity. The smoke plumb was observed moving southeast over the Gulf of Mexico as evening approached. SMOKE/AEROSOL... Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America… A combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and Central America and other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was visible today over the western Gulf of Mexico, the far western part of the Bay of Campeche, portions of southern, western and eastern Mexico, northwestern Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Mexico and Central America. 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