Tuesday, January 25, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0119Z January 26, 2022

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas...
Seasonal burning was responsible for numerous light to moderate smoke
plumbs in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. Most of the smoke plumbs generally
moving southwest in direction as evening approached.

Oregon...
Two wildfires in southwest/central Oregon were producing light to moderate
density smoke plumbs that were generally moving to the west.

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
southwestward offshore from Hispaniola to the southeast of Jamaica over
the  Caribbean Sea.

Mexico...
In northern Mexico a light to heavy density smoke plumb was observed
from possible seasonal burning activity. The smoke plumb was seen moving
generally northeast in direction as evening approached.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/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 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.


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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

 


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.