DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720Z January 24, 2022
SMOKE:
Southeast U.S. and Western Atlantic Ocean ...
Agricultural burning activity was observed over parts of the southeastern
U.S. Light density smoke was observed from agricultural fire activity
south of Lake Okeechobee in south Florida progressing southward and
southeastward this morning.
A small region of remnant light density smoke was observed off the Georgia
and South Carolina coast offshore over the western Atlantic this morning.
Coastal Central California...
The Colorado wildfire complex located north of Big Sur in the Notleys
Landing and Palo Colorado Canyon region was observed emitting light
density smoke which was observed progressing southward over the coast and
just offshore from the coast of the Pacific ocean. A region of remnant
light density smoke was also observed northwest from the region west of
the San Francisco Bay area over the Pacific this morning.
Hispaniola/Cuba/Jamaica/Caribbean Sea/Southeastern Bahamas...
Two large wildfires continue to be observed in the Southwestern Dominican
Republic emitting moderate to thick density smoke progressing westward
towards Southern Haiti and southwestward offshore from Hispaniola
to the southeast of Jamaica out over the central Caribbean Sea this
morning. Light density smoke was also observed just east off the coast
of southeastern Cuba, over the northern Dominican Republic and, over
parts of the Southern Bahamas and western Atlantic ocean this morning.
SMOKE/AEROSOL...
Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and
Central America...
A broad region of light density smoke attributed from seasonal fire
activity in Mexico and Central America as well as other atmospheric
pollutants including aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other
industries was observed this morning. The smoke and aerosols were observed
over a large portion of coastal southern Mexico as well as coastal
northwestern Central America, and to the south and southwest from Mexico
and Central America well offshore out over the Pacific ocean this morning.
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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)
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SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov