Wednesday, January 26, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 26, 2022

SMOKE:
No significant areas of aerosol which were composed of primarily or
entirely of smoke were visible in satellite imagery this morning outside
of a relatively small patch of smoke over the southwestern Dominican
Republic, southeastern Haiti, and the nearby Caribbean which was
attributed to ongoing wildfires in the southwestern Dominican Republic.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Southern and Eastern and Southern Mexico/Northwestern
Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central
America/Cuba/Caribbean…
A combination of aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial
pollution sources along with smoke from regional seasonal fire activity
was visible this morning across a portion of southern Mexico and
northwestern Central America and extending well off the coast of southern
Mexico and Central America over the eastern Pacific Ocean. Similar and
relatively smaller patches of this aerosol and smoke combination were
seen over a part of southeastern Mexico and the Bay of Campeche and
over southern and eastern Cuba and extending offshore over the Caribbean
between Cuba and Jamaica.

UNKNOWN AEROSOL:
Gulf Coast Region/Gulf of Mexico/Southeastern U.S/Mid-Atlantic Region…
A thin density aerosol of unknown origin and composition was visible this
morning across a portion of the Gulf Coast region and the southeastern
U.S. and southern Middle Atlantic region and across portions of the
Gulf of Mexico. It is not known if any of this aerosol is composed
of remnant smoke from seasonal fire activity in the south central and
southeastern U.S.

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.