DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 21, 2022
SMOKE...
Southeastern U.S...
Agricultural burning activity was observed over parts of the southeastern
U.S, however cloud cover from a weather system over the region has made
smoke analysis from the fire activity difficult this morning.
Southern Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and the Caribbean Sea...
Fire activity in the Southern Dominican Republic has results in regions
of light density smoke observed over parts of Southern Haiti and over the
Caribbean Sea. Fire activity was also observed over parts of Cuba. Light
density smoke was also observed to the west of Jamaica and southwest of
Southern Cuba over the Caribbean Sea in this morning’s GOES visible
satellite imagery.
Coastal Southern Mexico/ Central America, and the Eastern Pacific Ocean...
Large regions of light and moderate density smoke likely attributed to
recent seasonal fire activity was observed over most of coastal Southern
Mexico as well as coastal Southwestern Mexico, and over parts of coastal
Central America including El Salvador and Guatemala. Light to moderate
density smoke was also observed southwestward from these regions offshore
over the Eastern Pacific this morning.
SMOKE/AEROSOL...
Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Northwestern Central
America...
A combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and
Central America and other unknown aerosols was seen extending along the
Western Gulf of Mexico and eastern Mexico, however cloud cover over this
region from a weather system made the analysis 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