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