DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1700Z January 30, 2022
SMOKE:
South Central and Southeastern U.S…
Similar to yesterday, more areas of leftover thin density smoke from
yesterdays widespread and significant amount of mostly seasonal type
fire activity in the central, south central, and southeastern U.S. was
seen this morning especially in the area stretching from Louisiana
eastward to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, as well as over the
north central and northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In addition, a number of
newly developing smoke plumes with some of these fires were visible over
portions of the south central and southeastern U.S.
Hispaniola/Caribbean…
The cluster of wildfires in the southwestern part of the Dominican
Republic continues to produce moderate to thick smoke which gradually
thinned out this morning as it spread to the southwest and off the
coastline of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and over the Caribbean.
SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Southern Mexico/Northwestern Central America/Pacific Ocean South of
Mexico and Central America...
The large mass of what is believed to be a combination of smoke from
seasonal fires in portions of Mexico and Central America as well as
aerosols from oil and gas flaring and other industrial sources in Mexico
and Central America was visible again this morning over portions of
southern Mexico and Central America and extending well to the south over
the eastern Pacific. Within this larger area of a mixture of different
types of thin density aerosols was a batch of moderately thick aerosols
which was located along the border of Guerrero and Oaxaca and extending
to the south over the Pacific. More moderately dense smoke and other
aerosol mixture was seen over southern Guatemala and extending offshore
to the south.
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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