Tuesday, February 1, 2022

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1710Z February 1, 2022

SMOKE:
South Central and Southeastern United States...
Widespread agricultural burning activity was observed throughout the
South-central and southeastern United States. Cloud cover over the
south-central U.S from a weather system over the region has made smoke
analysis difficult this morning. Remnant light to moderate density
smoke attributed from recent widespread agricultural burning activity
was observed over southern Kentucky, most of Tennessee, northeastern
Mississippi, most of Alabama, southern/central Georgia, southern portions
of South Carolina, over parts of northern Florida, and offshore to the
east and over the western Atlantic.

South Florida...
Agricultural burning activity was observed around the Lake Okeechobee
region of South Florida. Light density smoke plumes were observed over
the region this morning.

SMOKE/AEROSOL:
Bay of Campeche/Gulf of Mexico/Southern and Eastern Mexico/Northwestern
Central America/Pacific Ocean South of Mexico and Central America...
A broad region of light density smoke from seasonal fire activity in
Mexico and Central America along with other atmospheric pollutants
including aerosols from oil, gas flaring, and other industries was
observed this morning. The smoke and aerosols were observed over most of
the western Gulf of Mexico/Bay of Campeche, also the northwestern Gulf of
Mexico, as well as southern/eastern Mexico, northwestern Central America
including Guatemala, and offshore to the south/southwest from southern
Mexico and Central America over the eastern Pacific.


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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.