DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 27, 2022
SMOKE:
South Central and Southeastern U.S…
A few areas of leftover thin density smoke attributed to yesterday’s
round of seasonal fire activity in the south central and southeastern
U.S. were visible stretching from near the Texas-Louisiana border eastward
over Georgia and the Florida panhandle.
Hispaniola/Caribbean…
A broad area of thin density smoke from ongoing wildfires in the
southwestern part of the Dominican Republic was seen this morning
stretching from southern Haiti and the southwest part of the Dominican
Republic to the southwest and well off the coast over the Caribbean to
the east of Jamaica. Moderately dense to locally thick smoke was seen
closer to the wildfires.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific
Ocean South of Mexico and Central America/Cuba/Caribbean…
A combination of mainly thin density aerosols from oil and gas flaring
and other industrial pollution sources along with leftover 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 Cuba and extending offshore over
the Caribbean between Cuba and Jamaica and to the north of Cuba just
southeast of southern Florida and southwest of the Bahamas.
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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