Monday, January 17, 2022

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

 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.