DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0044Z January 26, 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.
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
south of Haiti and southwestward offshore from Hispaniola to the southeast
and of Jamaica out over the Caribbean Sea.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Western Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern
Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and
Central America…
A combination of thin density smoke from seasonal fires in Mexico and
Central America and other atmospheric pollutants including aerosols
from oil and gas flaring and other industries in the region was visible
today over the far western Gulf of Mexico, the far western part of the
Bay of Campeche, portions of southern, and eastern Mexico, northwestern
Central America, and the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Mexico
and Central America.
Eglin
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