DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0200Z January 21, 2022
SMOKE…
Florida…
Agricultural and seasonal burning across Florida was observed
today. Smoke emanating from these fires was moving off toward the
east-northeast. Clouds across south Florida may have obscured smoke
emanating from the agricultural areas near Lake Okeechobee.
Southern California/NW Mexico…
Agricultural burning from the Salton Sea to the Colorado River Delta
was observed emitting light smoke moving south.
Northern California Valley…
Fires north of Sacramento in California’s central valley were
observed emitting mainly light smoke that was observed moving north to
north-northeast. One fire did produce a small moderate density smoke
plume.
Plains states…
Scattered burning activity from Iowa and Nebraska south into northeastern
Texas was noted in satellite imagery. A handful were observed producing
light smoke, which was moving off mainly south-southeastward.
Elsewhere…
Cloud cover was present from across central and southern Texas across
the ArkLaMiss and into Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas. It is likely
that at least some smoke was present across these areas.
From earlier:
SMOKE/AEROSOL...
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 unknown aerosol was extending along the western
Gulf of Mexico and eastern Mexico. This continued over southwestern
Mexico and northwestern Central America extending offshore into the
Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Hosley
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