DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 22, 2022
SMOKE... Coastal Central California... The Colorado wildfire complex located north of Big Sur in the Notleys Landing and Palo Colorado Canyon region was observed emitting moderate and thick density smoke progressing southwestward and southward just offshore over the Pacific. Light to moderate density smoke was also observed further south and southwest from the fire complex over parts of coastal central California along Highway US1 and just offshore over parts over the Pacific this morning. Lower and Mid Mississippi Valley/ Eastern Texas... Agricultural and seasonal fire activity was observed over parts of central and eastern Texas and also over parts of the lower and mid Mississippi Valley, however currently no smoke was observed from these regions this morning, but likely will be visible in satellite imagery later today. Hispaniola, Cuba, and the Caribbean Sea... Fire activity in the southwestern Dominican Republic continues to be observed this morning. Thick and moderate density smoke was observed in the vicinity of the fire complex. Light to moderate density smoke was observed being emitted from the fire complex and moving west over most of southern Haiti and also westward over the Caribbean Sea to just east of Jamaica. Light to moderate density smoke from recent fire activity in Cuba was observed over parts of coastal Central and Southern Cuba and offshore from Cuba to the south over the Caribbean Sea this morning. Coastal Southern Mexico/ Central America, and the Eastern Pacific Ocean... A broad region of light to moderate density smoke attributed from seasonal fire activity across southern Mexico mixed with aerosols from scattered industrial activity and urban pollution was observed over most of coastal southern Mexico as well as over parts of coastal southwestern Mexico, and over coastal Central America. Light to moderate density smoke was observed as well south and southwest from coastal Mexico and coastal Central America offshore over the Eastern Pacific ocean 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