Sunday, January 23, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 23, 2022

SMOKE...
Coastal Central California...
The Colorado wildfire complex located north of Big Sur in the Notleys
Landing and Palo Colorado Canyon region was still producing a relatively
small amount of smoke this morning which appeared to move to the west
and south and offshore. Remnant primarily thin density smoke from this
fire when it was more active yesterday was seen just inland over the San
Francisco Bay area and extending well off the coast of central California
to the west.

South Central and Southeastern U.S/Northwestern Gulf of Mexico…
Widespread agricultural and seasonal fire activity during the day
yesterday is responsible for a sizable batch of leftover thin density
smoke moving to the east across the area stretching from southern
Arkansas and Northern Louisiana eastward to northern Mississippi and
northern Alabama. In addition, a patch of remnant thin density smoke
from the fire activity in the south central U.S. was visible over the
northwestern Gulf of Mexico off of the Louisiana coast.

Hispaniola/Cuba/Jamaica/Caribbean Sea…
Two large wildfires continue to burn in the southwestern Dominican
Republic with moderate to thick density smoke dispersing to the west
and southwest across southern Haiti and over the central Caribbean sea
possibly reaching as far west as southeastern Cuba and western Jamaica.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Eastern Pacific Ocean South
of Mexico and Central America…
Light density smoke attributed to seasonal fire activity across southern
Mexico mixed with aerosols from scattered industrial activity and urban
pollution was observed along southern Mexico and Central America and
extending for hundreds of miles off of the southern coast of Mexico and
northwestern Central America over the Pacific Ocean.

JS


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.