DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2340Z 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 diminished in intensity during
the afternoon hours. A relatively small plume consisting of light-density
smoke could be seen being emitted to the northeast towards Salinas. A
separate patch of light-density smoke released earlier in the morning was
observed over the Pacific ocean approximately 100 miles from the coast.
Southeastern Oklahoma and Eastern Texas...
Widespread agricultural and seasonal fire activity was observed over
parts of southeastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas with predominantly
light-density smoke dispersing clockwise from Oklahoma to Texas.
Hispaniola, Cuba, and the Caribbean Sea...
Two large wildfires continue to burn in the southwestern Dominican
Republic with moderate density smoke dispersing to the west across
southern Haiti and over the central Caribbean sea. A few isolated
light-density smoke plumes were also observed across eastern Cuba flowing
toward the east-southeast.
Coastal Southern Mexico/ Central America, and the Eastern Pacific Ocean...
Light density stagnant smoke attributed to seasonal fire activity across
southern Mexico mixed with aerosols from scattered industrial activity
and urban pollution was observed along coastal southern Mexico and Central
America, extending for approximately 500 miles over the Pacific ocean.
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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